Commission Implementing Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Implementing Decision 2014/C 244/06 establishing the work programme for the year 2014 on financial contribution to the European Union reference laboratories

20.12.2014 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 461/22
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 18 December 2014
amending Implementing Decision 2014/C 244/06 establishing the work programme for the year 2014 on financial contribution to the European Union reference laboratories
(2014/C 461/14)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (1), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material, amending Council Directives 98/56/EC, 2000/29/EC and 2008/90/EC, Regulations (EC) No 178/2002, (EC) No 882/2004 and (EC) No 396/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directive 2009/128/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Decisions 66/399/EEC, 76/894/EEC and 2009/470/EC (2), and in particular Article 30 thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (3), and in particular Article 84(2) thereof.
Whereas:
(1) Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 lays down the tasks and responsibilities of the European Union (EU) reference laboratories.
(2) The EU reference laboratories submitted their work programmes for the year 2015. Those work programmes are in conformity with the objectives and priorities of the present work programme of the Commission.
(3) Due to the animal health situation in 2014, in particular for TSEs and emergency fund diseases, the budgeted amounts were not entirely allocated.
(4) As a consequence, the 2014 remaining appropriations can be used to finance the 2015 work programmes of the EU Reference Laboratories.
(5) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,