L 301/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 24.11.1999 COMMISSION DECISION of 15 November 1999 amending Decision 96/519/EC on financial aid from the Community for the work of the Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieuhygiéne (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands, a Community reference laboratory for residue testing (notified under document number C(1999) 3753) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (1999/765(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 Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (3), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof, (1) ~ Whereas by Commission Decision 96/519/EC of 29 July 1996 on financial aid from the Community for the work of the Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieu- hygiéne (RIVM), Bilthoven, Netherlands, a Community reference laboratory for residue testing (}), provisions were established for providing financial assistance to that Community reference laboratory; (2)  Whereas for budgetary reasons, the Community finan- cial assistance provided for in Decision 96/519/EC requires presentation of supporting documents; whereas the requirements related to these supporting documents are specified in the said Decision; (3)  Whereas a request has been made for an extended period for the submission of supporting documents; (4)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veter- inary Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 In Article 4 of Decision 96/519/EC the date ‘1 October 1998’ is replaced by ‘1 May 1999 Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Done at Brussels, 15 November 1999. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. () O] L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. 0] L 217, 28.8.1996, p. 10.