
Article 1 
A Community financial contribution, for the financing of the OIE Conference on Animal Identification and Traceability, organised by the OIE in 2009, of EUR 150 000 constituting a Community co-financing of at maximum 33 % of the total eligible costs is approved.
Article 2 
The financial contribution provided for in Article 1 shall be financed through the budget line 17 04 02 01 of the budget of the European Communities for 2009.
A grant agreement for the financial contributions provided for in Article 1 will be awarded to the OIE without a call for proposals as the OIE is the intergovernmental organisation for improving animal health worldwide and got a de facto monopoly.
Done at Brussels, 6 November 2008.
For the Commission
Androulla VASSILIOU
Member of the Commission