25. 1. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities .No L 20/25 COMMISSION DECISION of 20 January 1994 .conceming the financial aid from the Community for the operations of the Community Reference Laboratory for certain fish diseases listed in Annex A to Directive 91/67/EEC (Statens Veterinere Serumslaboratorium, Aarhus, Denmark) (Only the Danish text is authentic) (94/31/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 Commission Decision 93/439/EEC (3, and in particular Article 28 thereof, Whereas, in accordance with Article 13, first indent, of Council Directive 93/53/EEC (°), the ‘Statens Veterinere Serumlaboratorium, Landbrugsministeriet’, Aarhus, Denmark, has been nominated as the reference laboratory for certain fish diseases listed in Annex A to Council Directive 91/67/EEC (*); Whereas all the functions and duties to be carried out by the reference laboratory have been determined in Annex C to Council Directive 93/53/EEC; 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 extension prior to expiry of the initial period ; Whereas in accordance with Article 40 of Decision 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; 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 13 of Directive 93/53/EEC up to a maximum of ECU 100 000. Article 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 the 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 Article 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 Denmark. Done at Brussels, 20 January 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 203, 13. 8. 1993, p. 34. ¢) OJ No L 175, 19. 7. 1993, p. 23. () OJ No L 46, 19. 2. 1991, p. 1. 9 OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13. (9 OJ No L 185, 15. 7. 1988, p. 1.