Regulation (EU) No 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDangos y teitl llawn

CHAPTER III Financial support to official controls and other activities

Article 30 European Union reference laboratories

1. Grants may be awarded to the European Union reference laboratories referred to in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 for the costs that they incur in implementing the work programmes approved by the Commission.

2. The following costs may be eligible for grants under paragraph 1:

(a) costs of personnel, regardless of their status, directly involved in activities of the laboratories which are carried out in their capacity of Union reference laboratory;

(b) costs of capital equipment;

(c) cost of consumables;

(d) costs of shipment of samples, missions, meetings, training activities.

Article 31 Training

1. The Union may finance the training of the staff of the competent authorities responsible for official controls, as referred to in Article 51 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in order to develop a harmonised approach to official controls and other official activities to ensure a high level of protection of human, animal and plant health.

2. The Commission shall develop training programmes identifying the priorities for intervention, based on the identified risks for public health, animal health and welfare and plant health.

3. In order to be eligible for Union financing as referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authorities shall ensure that the knowledge acquired through the training activities referred to in that paragraph is disseminated as necessary and that it is appropriately used in the national training programmes.

4. The following costs may be eligible for the financial contribution referred to in paragraph 1:

(a) cost of the organisation of the training, including training that is also open to participants from third countries, or exchange activities;

(b) costs of travel, accommodation and daily subsistence of the personnel of the competent authorities taking part in the training.

Article 32 Experts from the Member States

A Union financial contribution may be granted for the travel, accommodation and daily subsistence expenses incurred by Member States’ experts as a result of the Commission appointing them to assist its experts as provided for in Articles 45(1) and 46(1) of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.

Article 33 Coordinated control plans and data collection

1. Grants may be awarded to Member States for the costs incurred for the implementation of the coordinated control plans referred to in Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 and for data collection.

2. The following costs may qualify for such grants:

(a) costs of sampling and laboratory tests,

(b) cost of equipment necessary to perform the official control and data collection tasks.