Article 9

For bluetongue, the Community grants financial assistance to the Pirbright Laboratory, United Kingdom, to carry out the functions and duties referred to in Annex II to Directive 2000/75/EC.

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 373 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2007, of which a maximum of EUR 45 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on bluetongue diagnostic techniques.