The activities of the laboratories are defined as being the tasks deriving from their responsibilities laid down in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004.
[F2A workshop is defined as an annual date for information and coordination to which all National Reference Laboratories are invited by the laboratories.]
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1. Expenditure relating to the following items shall be eligible under the laboratories’ work programme:
(a) staff dedicated to the activities of the laboratories;
(b) subcontracting;
(c) capital equipment;
(d) consumables;
(e) the shipment of samples for comparative tests;
(f) missions;
(g) workshops to which at least one participant per Member State has been invited;
(h) training activities;
(i) meetings;
(j) overheads.
2. The expenditure referred to in paragraph 1 shall be eligible within the limits set out in the annual financing decision and in accordance with the eligibility rules set out in Annexes II and IV.
3. Laboratories shall submit a written request to the Commission for its prior approval to increase the budget of one of the items referred to in Paragraph 1 by more than 10 % without exceeding the total eligible costs stipulated in the annual financing decision.
1. Laboratories shall submit the following reports to the Commission by 31 March of calendar year ‘ n + 2 ’ :
(a) a paper copy and an electronic version of their financial report concerning the implementation of the work programme for the previous calendar year completed in accordance with Annexes III(a) and III(b);
(b) a technical report of their activities, certified by the laboratory’s technical director.
2. Union financial aid may be reduced by the Commission if the work programme is not completely executed or poorly executed by 31 December of the calendar year for which it was approved.]
For requests regarding the payment of balances submitted in a currency other than the euro, the Commission shall apply the first exchange rate fixed in March of year ‘n’, as published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Union.
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F1 Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 135/2013 of 18 February 2013 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 926/2011 for the purposes of Council Decision 2009/470/EC as regards Union financial aid to the EU reference laboratories for feed and food and the animal health sector.