Article 1
Decision 2003/126/EC, is amended as follows: 1. Article 5(2) is replaced by: "2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 648775 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003. Within the maximum referred to in the first subparagraph and without prejudice to the time limits laid down in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 324/2003, an amount of EUR 508755 shall be reserved for the project to investigate some aspects of microbiological accumulation in bivalve shellfish in relation to human public health, specially in the area of contamination of shellfish by Norovirus (NV) and hepatitis A virus (HAV), the detection of NVs in shellfish and the detection of both total vibrios and pathogenic strains in bivalve, and shall be directly granted to the Community reference laboratory for monitoring the viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs at Weymouth subject to: (a) forwarding monthly intermediate reports on the progress of the project; (b) forwarding a draft report by 31 December 2003 at the latest; (c) forwarding a final report, accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred, by 31 March 2004." 2. Article 6(2) is replaced by: "2. The financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 530000 for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003. Within the maximum referred to in the first subparagraph and without prejudice to the time limits laid down in Article 2 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 324/2003, an amount of EUR 170000 shall be reserved for the project to the development of guidelines for evaluation of BSE status of countries using surveillance data in conjunction with exposure risk assessment and shall be granted to the Community reference laboratory for TSEs subject to: (a) forwarding monthly intermediate reports on the progress of the project; (b) forwarding a final report by 30 September 2003 at the latest; (c) forwarding a final summary report, including the software for conducting evaluations accompanied by justifying evidence as to the costs incurred, by 31 December 2003."