No L 235/50 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 8. 97 COMMISSION DECISION of 29 July 1997 amending Decision 96/534/EC and Decision 96/535/EC on financial assistance from the Community for storage of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine in Italy and the United Kingdom (97/592/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 94/370/EC (3, and in particular Article 14 thereof, Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot- and-mouth disease vaccines (%), establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community’s action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth vaccine; Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates the Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale die Brescia in Italy and the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright, United Kingdom as antigen banks holding Community reserves; Whereas the functions and duties of these antigen banks are specified in Article 4 of that Decision; whereas Community assistance must be conditional on accom- plishment of these; Whereas Community financial assistance should be granted to these banks to enable them to carry out the said functions and duties; Whereas by Commission Decision 96/534/EC of 4 September 1996 on financial assistance from the Com- munity for storage in Italy of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth  disease vaccine () the Community provided financial assistance to Italy for the stocking of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for the period 1 August 1996 to 31 July 1997; Whereas by Commission Decision 96/535/EC of 4 September 1996 on financial assistance from the Com- munity for storage in the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (%) the Community provided financial assistance to the United () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31. () O] No L 368, 31. 12. 1991, p. 21. () O] No L 229, 10. 9. 1996, p. 14. () OJ No L 229, 10. 9. 1996, p. 16. Kingdom for the stocking of antigen for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine for the period 1 August 1996 to 31 July 1997 Whereas it is found desirable to extend the arrangements for granting Community financial assistance for a period of five months; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 96/534/EC is hereby amended as follows: In Article 3 the words ‘ECU 70 000’ are replaced by ‘ECU 99000° and the date ‘31 July 1997 replaced by ‘31 December 1997'. Article 2 Decision 96/535/EC is hereby amended as follows: In Article 3 the words ‘ECU 60 000’ are replaced by ‘ECU 85000’ and the date ‘31 July 1997 replaced by ‘31 December 1997 Article 3 This Decision is addressed to Italy and the United Kingdom. Done at Brussels, 29 July 1997. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission