20.3.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L7747 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 March 2002 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora- tories in the field of animal health and live animals 2002 (notified under document number C(2002) 1003) (Only the Spanish, Danish, German, English, French and Swedish texts are authentic) (2002/230/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 (!), as last amended by Decision 2001/572/EC (3), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down in the following Directives and Decisions: — Council Directive 2001/89/EC of 23 October 2001 on Community measures for the control of classical swine fever (%), — Council Directive 92/66/EEC of 14 July 1992 intro- ducing Community measures for the control of Newcastle disease (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland, — Council Directive 92/119/EEC of 17 December 1992 introducing general Community measures for the control of certain animal diseases and specific meas- ures relating to swine vesicular disease (°), as last amended by Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC (%), — Council Directive 93/53/EEC of 24 June 1993 intro- ducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain fish diseases (7), — Council Directive 95/70/EC of 22 December 1995 introducing minimum Community measures for the control of certain diseases affecting bivalve molluscs (%), — Council Directive 92[35/EEC of 29 April 1992 laying down control rules and measures to combat African horse sickness (%), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland, () O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. () O] L 203, 28.7.2001, p. 16. () O] L 316, 1.12.2001, p. 5. (% O] L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1. () O] L 62, 15.3.1993, p. 69. (9 O] L 1, 1.1.1995, p. 1. () O] L 175, 19.7.1993, p. 23. (% O] L 332, 30.12.1995, p. 33. () O] L 260, 5.9.1992, p. 1. — Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 laying down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue ('9), — Council Decision 2000/258/EC of 20 March 2000 designating a specific institute responsible for elabo- rating criteria for standardising serological tests to control the efficiency of rabies vaccines ('), — Council Decision 96/463[EC of 23 July 1996 desig- nating the reference body responsible for collabor- ating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species (1?). The financial contribution from the Community shall be granted provided that the actions planned are efficiently carried out and that the authorities supply all the neces- sary information within the time limits laid down. For budgetary reasons, Community assistance should be granted for a period of one year. Pursuant to Article 3(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (%), veterinary and plant health measures undertaken in accordance with Community rules shall be financed under the Guarantee Section of the Euro- pean Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund; for financial control purposes, Articles 8 and 9 of Regula- tion (EC) No 1258/1999 apply. The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commiittee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 1. Article 1 For classical swine fever, the Community grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties referred to in Annex IV to Directive 2001/89/EC, to be carried out by the Institut fiir Virologie der Tierdrztlichen Hochschule, Hanover, Germany. 327, 22.12.2000, p. 74. 95, 15.4.2000, p. 40. (*9 O] L (') O] L (2 O] L 192, 2.8.1996, p. 19. (%) O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.