1.10.2004 Official Journal of the European Union L 305/65 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 27 September 2004 amending Commission Decision 2004/145/EC as regards the financial assistance for one Community reference laboratory in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) in the United Kingdom for the year 2004 (notified under document number C(2004) 3547) (only the English text is authentic) (2004/667|EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3) A workshop with experts of the Member States should be organised to allow Member State experts to learn how to use the model. Due to the complexity of the model and the need for experience both in statistics and Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European veterinary epidemiology, two experts per Member States Community, should be invited. In an initial stage, expert assistance from the CRL might also be needed when Member States are using the model in the assessment of their own surveillance  programmes.  Therefore  the Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June Community financial assistance to the annual work 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (), and in particular plan of the CRL should be increased to cover the addi- Article 28(2) thereof, tional costs for this workshop and expert assistance. Whereas: (4 Rules laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 156/2004 of 29 January 2004 on the Community’s financial assistance to the Community reference labora- (1)~ Commission Decision 2004/145/EC of 12 February tories pursuant to Article 28 of Decision 90/424/[EEC (3). 2004 on financial assistance from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference labora- tories in the field of veterinary public health (biological risks) for the year 2004 () grants Community financial aid to them to carry out certain functions and duties. (5)  Decision 2004/145/EC should be amended accordingly. (2)  As part of the annual work programme for 2003, the Community reference laboratory for TSEs at Weybridge, . . . . . United Kin}g’ dom (CRL) has deVZOpe d on the basi}s, of tghe (6)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in analysis of the results of the Community BSE monitoring accorde}nce with _the oprmon Of. the  Standing . s Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, programme an integrated approach to initial and continuing evaluation of country BSE status which includes an epidemiological model for the assessment of BSE monitoring results of individual countries. (') OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. Decision as last modified by Regulation HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: (EC) No 806/2003 (O] L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1). - () O] L 47, 18.2.2004, p. 35. () O] L 27, 30.1.2004, p. 5.