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►B COUNCILDECISION
of11November1980
onfinancialaidfromtheCommunityfortheeradicationofAfricanswinefever inSardinia
(80/1097/EEC)
(OJ L 325, 1.12.1980, p. 8)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Decision 81/477/EEC of 24 June 1981 L 186 22 8.7.1981
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COUNCILDECISION
of11November1980
onfinancialaidfromtheCommunityfortheeradicationofAfrican
swinefever inSardinia
(80/1097/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament(2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(3),
Whereas African swine fever appeared in Sardinia in 1977; whereas,
with a view to ensuring protection against the possible spread of the
disease and to contributing to its eradication, the Community hasalready given financial support to Italy under Council Decision 77/97/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the financing by the Community ofcertain emergency measures in the field of animal health(
4);
Whereas the disease persists; whereas the action taken must therefore
be reinforced in order to attain the basic objective, which is to elimi-nate African swine fever from Sardinia;
Whereas the Italian authorities have called upon the Commission to
contribute to the expenditure entailed in efficient implementation of aveterinary programme for the total and urgent eradication of the diseaseand in longer-term measures intended to safeguard the results obtained;
Whereas a new and larger-scale measure which does not fall within the
procedures followed so far should provide a favourable response to thisrequest by granting initial aid to Sardinia with a view to meeting therequirements of the present situation;
Whereas this eradication plan must include certain measures which
ensure that the action taken is effective; whereas adoption of thesemeasures and their adaptation to developments in the situation must
involve a procedure in which the Member States and the Commission
are closely associated;
Whereas Member States must be regularly informed in full of the
progress of the action taken,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Italian Republic shall prepare an emergency plan for the eradica-
tion of African swine fever in Sardinia and the restructuring of pigfarming.
This plan, which is to be carried out within a maximum period of five
years, must comply with Article 2 and be approved in accordance withArticle 3.1980D1097 — EN — 08.07.1981 — 001.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 232, 10. 9. 1980, p. 3.
(2) OJ No C 291, 10. 11. 1980, p. 80.
(3) Opinion delivered on 29 October 1980 (not yet published in the Official
Journal).
(4) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 78.
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Article 2
The plan specified in Article 1 must provide for:
1. rigorous eradication measures including the following:
(a) the slaughter of all pigs in the province of Nuoro, where the
disease has spread;
(b) the destruction or consumption on the spot of all pigmeat on the
territory referred to in (a) and all pigmeat products excluding
preserves in sterilized tins;
(c) the cleansing and disinfection of, and the elimination of insect
and rodent pests from, holdings and all places liable to havebeen contaminated by pigs, pigmeat or pigmeat products;
(d) the systematic serological detection of the disease in pigs on
holdings situated in neighbouring areas to the territory referred
to in (a) or on holdings which could present a contamination
risk;
(e) the slaughter of pigs which carry antibodies of the disease and
the destruction of their meat;
(f) immediate and total compensation for owners whose pigs have
been slaughtered under the plan;
2. preventive measures including:
(a) control and systematic destruction of all waste from interna-
tional means of transport;
(b) control and destruction of all scraps and swill from cooking and
industrial processes using pigmeat;
(c) prohibition on the use for feeding to pigs of scraps and swill
from cooking or industrial processes using pigmeat;
(d) entomological study of the regions where the disease has been
found;
(e) measures to control ectoparasites of animals and in particular to
eliminate insect pests on the latter;
(f) carrying out and checking of the disinfection of, and the elimi-
nation of insect pests from, means of transport;
(g) prohibition of the introduction into the territory of the province
where the pigs have been systematically slaughtered of any live
pigs, irrespective of their origin and destination, for a period ofat least one year after the completion of the measures specifiedin point 1 (a), (b) and (c);
3. measures for supervising restocking in the province referred to in
paragraph 1 (a) where slaughtering has been carried out, including:
(a) the construction or renovation of piggeries in accordance with
specifications appropriate to the purpose and providing satisfac-tory health protection;
(b) rules governing the setting up of pig farms so as to prevent their
number becoming too great and in particular to prevent a returnto small-scale rearing of pigs roaming freely;
(c) the progressive restocking of approved piggeries by the intro-
duction of breeding animals of sound health, this restockingbeing conditional on a period of health supervision by the intro-
duction of tested ‘sentinel’ pigs;
(d) health supervision of all rearing establishments while they are
being set up;
(e) supervision of all movements of pigs irrespective of their origin
and destination;
(f) during the period of prohibition referred to in point 2 (g), finan-
cial aid to pig farmers for whom the breeding of pigs representsa substantial source of income;1980D1097 — EN — 08.07.1981 — 001.001 — 3
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4. restructuring and inspection measures relating to pig-rearing estab-
lishments throughout Sardinian territory, including:
(a) the alteration of existing piggeries to provide satisfactory health
protection, the possible regrouping of piggeries, as well as theterms governing the incentive measures, in particular the
maximum and minimum size of such establishments;
(b) health-protection supervision of pig-rearing establishments and
the supervision of pig movements;
(c) serological control by sampling checks on pigs in slaughter-
houses;
(d) inspection by laboratory sampling checks on slaughtered wild
swine.
Article 3
After studying the plan proposed by the Italian authorities and any
amendments to be made thereto, the Commission shall decide, inaccordance with the procedure provided for in Article 8, whether ornot to approve it. The Committee of the European Agricultural
Guidance and Guarantee Fund shall be consulted on the financial
aspects, the Standing Committee on Agricultural Structures on thestructural aspects.
Article 4
The action provided for by this Decision, in so far as it aims to attain
the objectives set out in Article 39 (1) (a) of the Treaty, shall constitute
common measures within the meaning of Article 6 (1) of Regulation
(EEC) No 729/70 of 21 April 1970 on the financing of the commonagricultural policy(
1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 929/
79(2).
Article 5
1. The period of implementation of the common measures shall be
five years from the date set by the Commission in its Decisionapproving the plan, starting not later than 1 February 1981.
2. The contribution of the Guidance Section of the Fund is fixed at
30 million European units of account.
3. Article 6 (5) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70 shall apply to this
Decision.
Article 6
1. Provided that it complies with the plan approved by the Commis-
sion in accordance with Article 3, the following expenditure incurredby Italy shall be eligible for assistance from the Guidance Section of
the Fund within the limits set in Article 5:
— expenditure under Article 2 (1) (a), (c), (d), (e) and (f), (2) (d), (e)
and (f), (3) (a), (c), (d) and (f), and (4) (b), (c) and (d),
— expenditure under Article 2 (4) (a).
2. The Fund shall reimburse 50 % of eligible expenditure up to a
limit of 60 million European units of account including a maximum
of 20 million European units of account in respect of expenditure
incurred under the second indent of paragraph 1.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted,
as required, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.1980D1097 — EN — 08.07.1981 — 001.001 — 4
(1) OJ No L 94, 28. 4. 1970, p. 13.
(2) OJ No L 117, 12. 5. 1979, p. 4.
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Article 7
1. Applications for payment shall relate to the expenditure incurred
by Italy during a calendar year and shall be submitted to the Commis-
sion before 1 July of the following year.
2. The granting of aid from the Fund shall be decided in accordance
with Article 7 (1) of Regulation (EEC) No 729/70.
3. Detailed rules for the application of this Article shall be adopted
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 13 of Regulation(EEC) No 729/70.
Article 8
1. Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be used,
matters shall be referred without delay by the chairman, either on hisown initiative or at the request of a Member State, to the StandingVeterinary Committee (hereinafter called ‘the Committee’) set upby
Decision 68/361/EEC(
1).
2. Within the Committee the votes of the Member States shall be
weighted as laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty. The chairmanshall not vote.
3. The representative of the Commission shall submit a draft of the
measures to be adopted. The Committee shall deliver its opinion onsuch measures within a time limit set by the chairman according to
the urgency of the questions under consideration. Opinions shall be
delivered by a mojority of ►
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4. The Commission shall adopt the measures and shall apply them
immediately where they are in accordance with the opinion of theCommittee. Where they are not in accordance with the opinion of theCommittee or if no opinion is delivered, the Commission shall without
delay submit to the Council a proposal on the measures to be taken.
The Council shall adopt the measures by a qualified majority.
If within three months from the date on which the proposal was
submitted to it the Council has not adopted any measures, the Commis-sion shall adopt the proposed measures and shall apply themimmediately, save where the Council has decided against thesemeasures by a simple majority.
Article 10
1. The Commission shall keepunder review the situation with
regard to African swine fever in Sardinia and the implementation ofthe eradication plan. It shall inform the Member States of develop-ments regularly and within the Committee, at least once a year, in the
light of the information given by the Italian authorities and of any
reports from experts who, acting on behalf of the Community andappointed by the Commission, have visited the area.
2. Should it prove necessary to amend the eradication plan during its
implementation, a new decision approving it shall be taken in accor-dance with the procedure laid down in Article 8.
Article 11
This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.1980D1097 — EN — 08.07.1981 — 001.001 — 5
(1) OJ No L 255, 18. 10. 1968, p. 23.▼M1
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