2003/124/EC: Commission Decision of 24 February 2003 on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the veterinary public health field (residues) for the year 2003 (notified under document number C(2003) 556)

• Articles: 5

Article 1

1. The Community shall grant 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 410000 for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003.

3. The Community's financial assistance for organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 20000.

Article 2

1. The Community shall grant 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 d'études et de recherches sur les médicaments vétérinaires et les désinfectants de L'Agence Française de Sécurité Sanitaire des aliments, (formerly the Laboratoire des médicaments vétérinaires), Fougères, France, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 410000 for the period from 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003.

3. The Community's financial assistance for organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 28000.

Article 3

1. The Community shall grant 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 Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (formerly the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the detection of residues of certain substances.

2. The Community's financial assistance shall amount to a maximum of EUR 410000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003.

3. The Community's financial assistance for organisation of a technical workshop shall amount to a maximum of EUR 22000.

Article 4

1. The Community shall grant 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 410000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2003.

3. The Community's financial assistance for organisation of two technical workshops shall amount to a maximum of EUR 32000.

Article 5

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

Done at Brussels, 24 February 2003.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16.

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

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

(5) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 14.