L 286/38 Official Journal of the European Communities 11.11.2000 COMMISSION DECISION of 25 October 2000 on financial aid from the Community for the operation of certain Community reference laboratories in the field of public veterinary health (biological hazards) (notified under document number C(2000) 3094) (Only the Spanish, German, English, French and Dutch texts are authentic) (2000/692[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (3)  For budgetary reasons Community assistance is granted for a period of one year. Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, (4)  For financial control purposes Articles 8 and 9 of Regu- Having regard to council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (!), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1258/1999 (3), and in particular Article 28(2) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Community financial aid should be granted to the Community reference laboratories designated by the Community to assist them in carrying out the functions and duties laid down in the following Directives and Decisions: — Council Directive 92/46/EEC of 16 June 1992 laying down the health rules for the production and placing on the market of raw milk, heat-treated milk and milk-based products (*), as last amended by Directive 92/23[EC (%), — Council Directive 92/117EEC of 17 December 1992 concerning measures for protection against certain zoonoses and specified zoonotic agents in animals and products of animal origin in order to prevent outbreaks of food-borne infections and intoxica- tions (°), as last amended by Directive 1999/72/ EC (%), — Council Decision 93/383/EEC of 14 June 1993 on reference laboratories for the monitoring of marine biotoxins (), as last amended by Decision 1999/ 312/EC (3), — Council Decision 1999/313/EC of 29 April 1999 on reference laboratories for monitoring bacteriological and viral contamination of bivalve molluscs (). (20  Community assistance must be conditional on those functions and duties being carried out by the laboratory concerned. 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19. 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103. 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1. 125, 23.5.1996, p. 10. 62, 15.3.1993, p. 38. 120, 10.8.1999, p. 12. 166, 8.7.1993, p. 31. 120, 8.5.1999, p. 37. 120, 8.5.1999, p. 40. P T LLoLeerese il i al el el ) lation (EC) No 1258/1999 on the financing of the common agricultural policy should apply. (5)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Commiittee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to France for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Laboratoire de l'Agence Francaise de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments, formerly the Laboratoire central d'hygiéne alimen- taire, Maisons-Alfort, France, for the analysis and testing of milk and milk products referred to in Chapter Il of Annex D to Directive 92/46/EEC. 2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 95 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000. 3. Depending on the results of an appraisal currently under way, the amount in paragraph 2 may be revised. Article 2 1. The Community hereby grants financial assistance to Germany for the functions and duties to be carried out by the Bundesinstitut fiir gesundheitlichen Verbraucherschutz und Veterindrmedizin (formerly the Institut fur Veterindrmedizin), Berlin, Germany, for the epidemiology of zoonoses referred to in Chapter II of Annex IV to Directive 92/117/EEC. 2. The Community's financial assistance is hereby set at a maximum of EUR 130 000 for the period 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000.