2003/811/EC: Commission Decision of 17 November 2003 establishing a project for standard sera for the diagnosis of foot-and-mouth disease and the financial contribution by the Community for the year 2003

• Articles: 4

Article 1

The Community shall finance a project for the production, storage and distribution of a first batch of standard sera to be used in assays for the detection of antibodies against structural and non-structural proteins of different serotypes of the foot-and-mouth disease virus in different species of livestock susceptible to foot-and-mouth disease.

Article 2

The measures provided for in Article 1 shall be carried out by the body or institution designated by the Commission to coordinate the scientific and technical collaboration of laboratories and institutions.

Article 3

The maximum amount of Community financing for the project provided for in Article 1 shall not exceed EUR 800000.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 17 November 2003.

For the Commission

David Byrne

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.

(3) Not yet published in the Official Journal.