2008/567/EC: Commission Decision of 4 July 2008 concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2008, towards actions of the OIE in the area of animal welfare and animal disease surveillance and categorisation

A Community financial contribution, for the financing of a training seminar on the implementation of the OIE guidelines on animal welfare, organised by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), of EUR 100000 constituting a Community co-financing of at maximum 65 % of the total eligible costs is approved.

A Community financial contribution, for the financing of the Second OIE Global Conference on Animal Welfare ‘Putting the OIE standards to work’, organised by the OIE in 2008, of EUR 200000 constituting a Community co-financing of at maximum 50 % of the total eligible costs is approved.

A Community financial contribution, for the financing of a study on the cost of surveillance and categorisation of animal diseases by the OIE in 2008, of EUR 200000 constituting a Community co-financing of at maximum 67 % of the total eligible costs is approved.

The financial contributions provided for in Articles 1, 2 and 3 shall be financed through the budget line 17 04 02 01 of the budget of the European Communities for 2008. A grant agreement for the financial contributions provided for in Articles 1, 2 and 3 will be awarded to the OIE without a call for proposals as the OIE is the intergovernmental organisation for improving animal health worldwide and has a de facto monopoly.