1999/760/EC: Commission Decision of 8 November 1999 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (notified under document number C(1999) 3602) (Only the Spanish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic)

• Articles: 8

Article 1

1. The Community shall grant financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratoire Central d'Hygiene Alimentaire, Paris, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products referred to in Annex D, Chapter II, to Directive 92/46/EEC.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of EUR 95000 for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.

Article 2

1. The Community shall grant financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz and Veterinärmedizin (formerly the Institut für Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the epidemiology of zoonoses referred to in Annex IV, Chapter II, to Directive 92/117/EEC.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of EUR 110000 for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.

Article 3

1. The Community shall grant financial assistance to the Netherlands for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Bilthoven, Netherlands, for salmonella referred to in Annex IV, Chapter II, to Directive 92/117/EEC.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of EUR 105000 for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.

Article 4

1. The Community shall grant financial assistance to Spain for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratorio de biotoxinas marinas del Area de Sanidad, Vigo, Spain, for the monitoring of marine biotoxins referred to in Article 5 of Decision 93/383/EEC.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of EUR 115000 for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 1999.

Article 5

1. The Community shall grant financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the monitoring of bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs referred to in Article 4 of Decision 1999/313/EC.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall be a maximum of EUR 40000 for the period from 1 August 1999 to 31 December 1999.

Article 6

The Community's financial assistance shall be paid following presentation of supporting documents and a technical report by the recipient Member State, which must be supplied at the latest six months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted.

Article 7

Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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