2003/126/EC: Commission Decision of 24 February 2003 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2003 (notified under document number C(2003) 565)

Decision · 7 articles

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Article 1

1. The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratoire d'études et de recherches sur l'hygiène et la qualité des aliments, of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (formerly the Laboratoire central d'hygiène alimentaire), Maisons-Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products referred to in Chapter II of Annex D to Directive 92/46/EEC. 2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 155000 for the period 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 18000.

Article 2

1. The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung (formerly the Bundesinstitut für gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterinärmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the epidemiology of zoonoses referred to in Chapter II of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC. 2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 150000 for the period 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 38000.

Article 3

1. The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to the Netherlands for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiëne, Bilthoven, the Netherlands, in respect of salmonella referred to in Chapter II of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC. 2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 150000 for the period 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 26000.

Article 4

1. The Community hereby 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 control of marine biotoxins referred to in Article 5 of Decision 93/383/EEC. 2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 110000 for the period 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 19000.

Article 5

1. The Community hereby 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 financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 140000 for the period 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 26000.

Article 6

1. The Community hereby shall grant financial assistance to the United Kingdom for the functions and duties to be carried out by the laboratory of the Veterinary Laboratories Agency, Addlestone, United Kingdom, for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies referred to in Chapter B of Annex X to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001. 2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 360000 for the period 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 52000.

Article 7

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 of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 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 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1. (4) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. (5) OJ L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38. (6) OJ L 210, 10.8.1999, p. 12. (7) OJ L 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31. (8) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 37. (9) OJ L 120, 8.5.1999, p. 40. (10) OJ L 147, 31.5.2001, p. 1. (11) OJ L 225, 22.8.2002, p. 3. (12) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. (13) OJ L 47, 21.2.2003, p. 14.

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