COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 January 2014
on a Union financial aid for the year 2014 to European Union reference laboratories
(notified under document C(2014) 104)
(Only the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Swedish texts are authentic)
(2014/27/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2009/470/EC of 25 May 2009 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on official controls performed to ensure the verification of compliance with feed and food law, animal health and animal welfare rules (2), and in particular Article 32(7) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In accordance with Article 84 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3) (‘the Financial Regulation’) and Article 94 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 (4) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Rules of Application’), the commitment of expenditure from the Union budget shall be preceded by a financing decision setting out the essential elements of the action involving expenditure from the budget and adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the Institution.
(2)
The Commission services have assessed and approved the work programmes and corresponding budget estimates submitted in 2013 by the EU reference laboratories for the year 2014.
(3)
Accordingly, a Union financial aid should be granted to the EU reference laboratories designated in order to co-finance their activities which consist of carrying out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. The Union’s financial aid should be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs within the limit of the amount of the EU financial aid granted in the present Decision.
(4)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 (5) lays down eligibility rules for the workshops organised by the EU reference laboratories. It also limits the financial aid to a maximum of 32 participants, 3 invited speakers and 10 representatives of third countries in workshops. Derogations to that limitation should be provided for some European Union reference laboratories that need support for attendance by more than 32 participants in order to achieve the best outcome of their workshops. Derogations can be obtained in particular in case an EU reference laboratory takes the leadership and responsibility when organising a workshop with another European Union reference laboratory.
(5)
For the six EU reference laboratories designated within the Joint Research Centre, the relationship is laid down in an annual administrative arrangement supported by a work programme and its budget as the Joint Research Centre and the Directorate-General for Health and Consumers are both services of the Commission.
(6)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments (LSA), de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 360 000;
(b)
for the analysis and testing of Listeria monocytogenes, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 413 000;
(c)
for the analysis and testing of Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 359 000.
Article 2
The Union grants financial aid to the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella).
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 497 000.
Article 3
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social), Vigo, Spain, for the monitoring of marine biotoxins.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330 000.
Article 4
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for the monitoring of viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 344 000;
(b)
for crustacean diseases, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 160 000.
Article 5
The Union grants financial aid to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for the analysis and testing of Escherichia Coli, including Verotoxigenic E. Coli (VTEC), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 344 000;
(b)
for the analysis and testing of parasites (in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 377 000;
(c)
for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(d) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330 000.
Article 6
The Union grants financial aid to the Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden, for the monitoring of Campylobacter.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 423 000.
Article 7
The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, for the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 517 000.
Article 8
The Union grants financial aid to the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (ex-VLA), Addlestone, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317 000;
(b)
by way of derogation to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011 (6) as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 and, as regards the workshop related to the above activity, the European Union reference laboratory shall be entitled to claim financial aid for attendance by more than 32 participants;
(c)
for Newcastle disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 113 000;
(d)
for avian influenza, that financial aid shal not exceed EUR 403 000.
Article 9
The Union grants financial aid to the Centre Wallon de Recherches agronomiques (CRA-W), Gembloux, Belgium, for the analysis and testing of animal proteins in feedingstuffs.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 599 000.
Article 10
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de Fougères, de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Fougères, France, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(b) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.
Article 11
The Union grants financial aid to the Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Berlin, Germany, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(c) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.
Article 12
The Union grants financial aid to RIKILT - Institute for Food Safety, part of Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(a) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512 000.
Article 13
The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Freiburg, Germany for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 244 000;
(b)
for the analysis and testing of dioxins and PCBs in feed and food, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 510 000.
Article 14
The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Søborg, Denmark, for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in cereals and feedingstuffs.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 257 000.
Article 15
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG), Almeria, Spain for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 440 000.
Article 16
The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Stuttgart, Germany, for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides by single residue methods.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 428 000.
Article 17
The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) de Algete, Ministerio de Agricultura, PESCA y Alimentación, Algete (Madrid), Spain, for African horse sickness.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 110 000.
Article 18
The Union grants financial aid to the Pirbright Institute (former AFRC Institute for Animal Health), Pirbright, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
for swine vesicular disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 61 000;
(b)
for bluetongue, that financial shall not exceed EUR 266 000;
(c)
for foot-and-mouth disease, that financial shall not exceed EUR 396 000.
Article 19
The Union grants financial aid to the Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, Aarhus, Denmark, for fish diseases.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 350 000.
Article 20
The Union grants financial aid to the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France, for diseases of bivalve molluscs.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 200 000.
Article 21
The Union grants financial aid to the Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, for classical swine fever.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 388 000.
Article 22
The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos (Madrid), Spain, for African swine fever.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317 000.
Article 23
The Union grants financial aid to the INTERBULL Centre, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics - SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 150 000.
Article 24
The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons-Alfort, France, for brucellosis.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 299 000.
Article 25
The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons- Alfort/Laboratoire de pathologie équine, Dozulé, Maisons-Alfort, France, for equine diseases other than African Horse Sickness.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 559 000.
Article 26
The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage, Malzéville, France, for rabies.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 282 000.
Article 27
The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, for tuberculosis.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 260 000.
Article 28
The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de Sophia-Antipolis, Sophia-Antipolis, France, for bee health.
For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 422 000.
Article 29
The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel, Belgium, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
the activities related to heavy metals in feed and food; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 239 000;
(b)
the activities related to Mycotoxins; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 271 000;
(c)
the activities related to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH); that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 269 000;
(d)
the activities related to additives for use in animal nutrition; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 71 000.
Article 30
The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014:
(a)
the activities related to Materials and Articles in contact with foodstuffs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 380 000;
(b)
the activities related to GMOs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 410 000.
Article 31
The Union’s financial aid referred to in Articles 1 to 30 shall be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs within the limit of the amount of the EU financial aid granted in the present Decision.
Article 32
This Decision constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 84 of the Financial Regulation.
Article 33
This Decision is addressed to the laboratories listed in the Annex.
Done at Brussels, 17 January 2014.