Article 8

For African horse sickness, the Community grants financial assistance to the Laboratorio central de veterinaria de Madrid, Algete, Spain, to carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex I to Directive 92/35/EEC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the elegible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that laboratory for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 98 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007, of which a maximum of EUR 38 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on African horse sickness diagnostic techniques.