2000/95/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 1999 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) and amending Decisions 1999/587/EC and 1999/760/EC (notified under document number C(1999) 4678) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French, Italian, Dutch and Swedish texts are authentic)

• Articles: 8

Article 1

1. The Community grants financial assistance to the Netherlands for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 375000 for the period from 1 August 1999 to 30 June 2000.

Article 2

1. The Community grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires, Fougéres, France, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 375000 for the period from 1 August 1999 to 30 June 2000.

Article 3

1. The Community grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin (formerly the Institut für Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 375000 for the period from 1 August 1999 to 30 June 2000.

Article 4

1. The Community grants financial assistance to Italy for the functions and duties referred to in Annex V, Chapter 2, to Directive 96/23/EC to be carried out by the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 375000 for the period from 1 August 1999 to 30 June 2000.

Article 5

The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:

(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient Member State.

(b) the balance following presentation of supporting documents and a technical report by the recipient Member State. Those documents must be present at the latest six months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted.

Article 6

Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 7

1. Article 8 of Decision 1999/587/EC is replaced by the following:

"The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:

(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient Member State,

(b) the balance following presentation of supporting documents and a technical report by the recipient Member State. Those documents must be present at the latest six months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted."

2. Article 6 of Decision 1999/760/EC is replaced by the following:

"The Community's financial assistance shall be paid as follows:

(a) 70 % by way of an advance at the request of the recipient Member State,

(b) the balance following presentation of supporting documents and a technical report by the recipient Member State. Those documents must be present at the latest six months after the end of the period for which financial assistance has been granted."

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, the Italian Republic, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Done at Brussels, 20 December 1999.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.

(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.

(3) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10.

(4) OJ L 223, 24.8.1999, p. 28.

(5) OJ L 300, 23.11.1999, p. 35.