Article 5

The Community grants a financial contribution to the Laboratoire d’études et de recherches sur la qualité des aliments et sur les procédés agroalimentaires (LERQAP), of the Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments (AFSSA), Maisons-Alfort, France, to carry out the functions and duties provided for in Article 32 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004, in particular for the analysis and testing of Listeria monocytogenes.

For the period from 1 January 2009 to 31 December 2009, that financial contribution shall not exceed EUR 277 377.

In addition to the maximum amount provided for in paragraph 1, the Community grants financial contribution to the laboratory referred to in paragraph 1 for the organisation of workshops. That contribution shall not exceed EUR 23 000.