Article 3

For avian influenza, the Community grants financial assistance to the Central Veterinary Laboratory, Addlestone, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex V to Directive 92/40/EEC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the elegible costs to be incurred by that laboratory for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 406 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007.