COMMISSION DECISION of 23 December 1992 on the organization in Germany of further training programmes for persons working in the veterinary sector (Only the German text is authentic)
(93/119/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary sector (1), as last amended by Decision 92/337/EEC (2), and in particular Article 36 thereof,
Whereas the German authorities have asked the Commission to entrust the Federal Research institute for animal virus diseases - Wusterhausen branch - with the organization of further training programmes, which meet the requirements of Article 36 of Decision 90/424/EEC;
Whereas rules should be established to determine how such courses should be organized and to fix the financial participation of the Community;
Whereas because of the objectives of this measure the courses should be open to supervision by persons from other Member States appointed for this purpose;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the purposes of this Decision the responsible authority is the Federal Research Institute for Animal Virus Diseases, Wusterhausen branch, represented by the head of the Epidemiology department.
Article 2
The responsible authority shall undertake:
1. to organize further training programmes for persons working in the veterinary sector in the years 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996. The nature, content and timetable of these courses are included in the Annex;
2. to reserve half of the training places for official monitors from other Member States; when allocating places care should be taken to allot places to the Member States on an equal basis;
3. to present an annual report on the progress of the courses of the Commission and the Member States within the framework of the Standing Veterinary Committee, the first report to presented in September 1994.
Article 3
The financial participation of the Community is fixed as follows:
- 50 % of expenditure incurred by the responsible authority on the training of official German veterinarians;
- 100 % of the costs incurred by the responsible authority for the accommodation and further training of monitors from other Member States.
Article 4
1. Expenditure in accordance with Article 3, first indent, shall cover:
- cost of instruction (lecturers' fees);
- cost of equipment (teaching materials, equipment and background material);
- general organizational costs, but restricted to a maximum of 20 % of the costs claimed under the first two indents above;
- travel and subsistence costs of lecturers.
2. Expenditure in accordance with Article 3, second indent, shall cover the following:
- costs in accordance with paragraph 1,
- the cost of providing information to responsible authorities in other Member States concerning the further training courses,
- the cost of linguistic support needed to ensure the operation of the programme,
- accommodation costs of participants from other Member States.
Article 5
Commission financial participation shall be paid on production of receipts.
Article 6
On the basis of a report by the responsible authority the Commission shall draw up before 30 November 1996 an assessment of the educational results and the financial balance.
Depending on the results a further decision may be taken on the extension and improvement of the further training measure.
Article 7
This decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.
Done at Brussels, 23 December 1992.