18. 2. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 46/63 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 February 1994 concerning the financial aid from the Community for the operations of the Community Reference Laboratory for marine biotoxins (Laboratorio del Ministero de Sanidad y Consumo, Vigo, Spain) (Only the Spanish text is authentic) (94/92/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 amended by Commission Decision 93/439/EEC (3, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Article 3 of Council Deci- sion 93/383/EEC (%), the “Laboratorio del Ministero de Sanidad y Consumo) Vigo, Spain, has been nominated as the reference laboratory for marine biotoxins; Whereas all the functions and duties to be carried out by the reference laboratory have been determined in Article 4 of that Decision ; Whereas, therefore, provisions should be made for Community financial aid to the Community Reference Laboratory to enable it to carry out the functions and duties provided for in that Directive ; Whereas, in the first instance, Community financial aid should be provided for a period of one year ; whereas this will be reviewed with view to extention prior to expiry of the initial period ; Whereas in accordance with Article 40 of Council Deci- sion 90/424/EEC, checks provided for in Articles 8 and 9 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 concerning the financing of the common agricultural policy (), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2048/88 (°), shall apply ; whereas certain particular provi- sions should be made; () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 203, 30. 6. 1993, p. 34. () OJ No L 166, 8. 7. 1993, p. 31. () OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. () OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1. 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 The Community shall provide financial assistance to the reference laboratory provided for at Article 3 of Directive 93/383/EEC up to a maximum of ECU 100 000. Am'de 2 1.  To meet the objectives of Article 1, the Commission shall conclude a contract, in the name of the European Community, with the reference laboratory. 2. The Director-General of Directorate-General for Agriculture shall be authorized to sign the contract on behalf of the Commission of the European Communities. 3. The contract referred to at paragraph 1 shall have a duration of one year. 4.  The financial aid provided for at Article 1 shall be paid to the reference laboratory in accordance with the terms of the contract provided for at paragraph 1. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 17 February 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission