2014/27/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 17 January 2014 on a Union financial aid for the year 2014 to European Union reference laboratories (notified under document C(2014) 104)

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de sécurité des aliments (LSA), de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Maisons-Alfort, France, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 360000; (b) for the analysis and testing of Listeria monocytogenes, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 413000; (c) for the analysis and testing of Coagulase positive Staphylococci, including Staphylococcus aureus, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 359000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands, for the analysis and testing of zoonoses (salmonella). For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 497000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio de Biotoxinas Marinas, Agencia Española de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutrición (Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social), Vigo, Spain, for the monitoring of marine biotoxins. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratory of the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (CEFAS), Weymouth, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for the monitoring of viral and bacteriological contamination of bivalve molluscs, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 344000; (b) for crustacean diseases, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 160000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Istituto Superiore di Sanità (ISS), Rome, Italy, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for the analysis and testing of Escherichia Coli, including Verotoxigenic E. Coli (VTEC), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 344000; (b) for the analysis and testing of parasites (in particular Trichinella, Echinococcus and Anisakis), that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 377000; (c) for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(d) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 330000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Statens Veterinärmedicinska Anstalt (SVA), Uppsala, Sweden, for the monitoring of Campylobacter. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 423000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, for the monitoring of antimicrobial resistance. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 517000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (ex-VLA), Addlestone, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for the monitoring of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317000; (b) by way of derogation to Article 10 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 and, as regards the workshop related to the above activity, the European Union reference laboratory shall be entitled to claim financial aid for attendance by more than 32 participants; (c) for Newcastle disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 113000; (d) for avian influenza, that financial aid shal not exceed EUR 403000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centre Wallon de Recherches agronomiques (CRA-W), Gembloux, Belgium, for the analysis and testing of animal proteins in feedingstuffs. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 599000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratoire de Fougères, de L’Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (ANSES), Fougères, France, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(b) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Bundesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Lebensmittelsicherheit (BVL), Berlin, Germany, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(c) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512000.

The Union grants financial aid to RIKILT – Institute for Food Safety, part of Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, the Netherlands, for residues of certain substances referred to in point 12(a) of Section I of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 882/2004. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 512000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Freiburg, Germany for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in food of animal origin and commodities with high fat content, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 244000; (b) for the analysis and testing of dioxins and PCBs in feed and food, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 510000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Fødevareinstituttet, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU), Søborg, Denmark, for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in cereals and feedingstuffs. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 257000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Agrario de la Generalitat Valenciana (LAGV)/Grupo de Residuos de Plaguicidas de la Universidad de Almería (PRRG), Almeria, Spain for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides in fruits and vegetables, including commodities with high water and high acid content. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 440000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Chemisches und Veterinäruntersuchungsamt (CVUA), Stuttgart, Germany, for the analysis and testing of residues of pesticides by single residue methods. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 428000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Laboratorio Central de Veterinaria (LCV) de Algete, Ministerio de Agricultura, PESCA y Alimentación, Algete (Madrid), Spain, for African horse sickness. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 110000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Pirbright Institute (former AFRC Institute for Animal Health), Pirbright, United Kingdom, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) for swine vesicular disease, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 61000; (b) for bluetongue, that financial shall not exceed EUR 266000; (c) for foot-and-mouth disease, that financial shall not exceed EUR 396000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Technical University of Denmark, National Veterinary Institute, Department of Poultry, Fish and Fur Animals, Aarhus, Denmark, for fish diseases. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 350000.

The Union grants financial aid to the IFREMER, La Tremblade, France, for diseases of bivalve molluscs. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 200000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Institut für Virologie der Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany, for classical swine fever. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 388000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos (Madrid), Spain, for African swine fever. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 317000.

The Union grants financial aid to the INTERBULL Centre, Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics — SLU, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden, for collaborating in rendering uniform the testing methods and the assessment of the results for pure-bred breeding animals of the bovine species. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 150000.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons-Alfort, France, for brucellosis. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 299000.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de santé animale, Maisons- Alfort/Laboratoire de pathologie équine, Dozulé, Maisons-Alfort, France, for equine diseases other than African Horse Sickness. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 559000.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de la rage et de la faune sauvage, Malzéville, France, for rabies. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 282000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Centro de Vigilancia Sanitaria Veterinaria (VISAVET), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, for tuberculosis. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 260000.

The Union grants financial aid to the ANSES, Laboratoire de Sophia-Antipolis, Sophia-Antipolis, France, for bee health. For the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014, that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 422000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Geel, Belgium, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) the activities related to heavy metals in feed and food; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 239000; (b) the activities related to Mycotoxins; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 271000; (c) the activities related to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH); that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 269000; (d) the activities related to additives for use in animal nutrition; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 71000.

The Union grants financial aid to the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, Ispra, Italy, for the following activities regarding the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2014: (a) the activities related to Materials and Articles in contact with foodstuffs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 380000; (b) the activities related to GMOs; that financial aid shall not exceed EUR 410000.

The Union’s financial aid referred to in Articles 1 to 30 shall be at the rate of 100 % of eligible costs within the limit of the amount of the EU financial aid granted in the present Decision.

This Decision constitutes a financing decision in the meaning of Article 84 of the Financial Regulation.

This Decision is addressed to the laboratories listed in the Annex.