Article 9

For African swine fever, the Community grants financial assistance to the Centro de Investigación en Sanidad Animal, Valdeolmos, Madrid, Spain, to carry out the functions and duties set out in Annex V to Directive 2002/60/EC.

The Community’s financial assistance shall be at the rate of 100 % of the eligible costs as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006 to be incurred by that research centre for the work programme and shall amount to a maximum of EUR 208 000 for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2009 of which a maximum of EUR 43 000 shall be dedicated to the organisation of a technical workshop on African swine fever.

By way of derogation from Article 13(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1754/2006, the laboratory referred to in the first paragraph shall be entitled to claim financial assistance for attendance by a maximum of 50 participants at one of its workshops referred to in the second paragraph of this Article.