Article 6
This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 29 November 1996. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission COMMISSION DECISION of 29 November 1996 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of the Community Reference Laboratory for avian influenza (Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom) (Only the English text is authentic) (96/719/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (2), and in particular Article 28 (2) thereof, Whereas Annex V to Council Directive 92/40/EEC of 19 May 1992 introducing Community measures for the control of avian influenza (3), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, designates the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom as the Community Reference Laboratory for avian influenza; Whereas all the functions and duties which the laboratory has to perform are specified in Annex V to the abovementioned Directive; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on the accomplishment of those functions and duties by the laboratory; Whereas Community financial aid should be granted to the Community Reference Laboratory to assist it in carrying out the said functions and duties; Whereas, for budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year; Whereas, for supervisory purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (5), should apply; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: