2008/849/EC: Commission Decision of 6 November 2008 concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2009, towards actions of the OIE in the area of animal identification and traceability

A Community financial contribution, for the financing of the OIE Conference on Animal Identification and Traceability, organised by the OIE in 2009, of EUR 150000 constituting a Community co-financing of at maximum 33 % of the total eligible costs is approved.

The financial contribution provided for in Article 1 shall be financed through the budget line 17 04 02 01 of the budget of the European Communities for 2009. A grant agreement for the financial contributions provided for in Article 1 will be awarded to the OIE without a call for proposals as the OIE is the intergovernmental organisation for improving animal health worldwide and got a de facto monopoly.