27. 3. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 77/35 COMMISSION DECISION of 18 March 1996 on the organization in Ireland of training programmes for personnel working in the veterinary sector (Only the English text is authentic) (96/234/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary sector (), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EC (3, and in particular Article 36, paragraph 2 thereof, Whereas the Irish authorities have asked the Commission to entrust the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University College Dublin, with the organization of refresher courses meeting the requirements laid down in Article 36 of Decision 90/424/EEC; Whereas rules should be established to determine how such courses should be organized and to fix the financial participation of the Community; Whereas because of the objectives of this measure the courses should be open to supervision by persons from other Member States appointed for this purpose; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commiittee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 For the purposes of this Decision, the responsible autho- rity shall be the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Univer- sity College Dublin, represented by the Dean of Faculty. Article 2 The responsible authority shall undertake: 1. to organize in 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 and 2000 training programmes for personnel working in the veterinary sector. The nature, content and timetable of these courses shall be as set out in the Annex; 2. to reserve half of the places offered for official personnel from other Member States. Account shall be () OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 3l. taken in the allocation of places, of a balance between the Member States; 3. to avail if necessary of the provisions of Article 36 (1), line 2 of Decision 90/424/EEC; 4. to present an annual report on the progress of the courses to the Commission and the Member States within the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee, the first report to be presented in December 1996. Article 3 The financial participation of the Community is fixed as follows: — 50 % of the costs incurred by the responsible autho- rity for the training of Irish personnel working in the veterinary sector and 25 % of the costs of the accom- modation of these personnel, — 100 % of the costs incurred by the responsible autho- rity for the accommodation and training of personnel from other Member States. Article 4 1.  The costs referred to in the first indent of Article 3 shall be as follows: — cost of instruction (lecturers’ fees), — cost of equipment (hire of venue, teaching materials, equipment and background material), — general organizational costs, but restricted to a maximum of 20 % of the costs claimed under the first two indents above, — travel and subsistence costs of lecturers, — accommodation costs for Irish participants. 2. The costs referred to in the second indent of Article 3 shall be as follows: — cost referred to in paragraph 1, indents 1 — 4 inclu- sive, — the cost of providing information to responsible authorities in other Member States concerning the training courses, — the cost of linguistic support needed to ensure the operation of the programme, — accommodation costs of participants from other Member States.