23.11.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 300/37 COMMISSION DECISION of 8 November 1999 amending Decision 98/393/EC of 19 May 1998 on financial assistance from the Community for storage in France, Italy and the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine (notified under document number C(1999) 3608) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (1999/761/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, (1) ~ Whereas by virtue of Council Decision 91/666/EEC of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines (%), the establishment of antigen banks is part of the Community's action to create Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine; (2)  Whereas Article 3 of that Decision designates among others the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright in the United Kingdom as antigen banks holding Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease antigen; (3)  Whereas in accordance with Article 4 of Commission Decision 98/393/EC of 19 May 1998 on financial assis- tance from the Community for storage in France, Italy and the United Kingdom of antigen for production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine () Community assis- tance shall be paid on the basis of supporting documen- tation submitted to the Commission before 1 March 1999; (4 Whereas for technical reasons the Institute for Animal Health in Pirbright has submitted the required supporting documentation on 1 June 1999; whereas therefore in paragraph 2 of this Article the date ‘1 March 1999’ should be modified in order to allow the payment of financial assistance; (5)  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 paragraph 2 of Article 4 of Decision 98/393/EC the date ‘1 March 1999’ is replaced by ‘1 July 1999 Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Done at Brussels, 8 November 1999. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission () O] L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. () O] L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 31. () O] L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 21. () O] L 176, 20.6.1998, p. 25.