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NoL298/50 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 31.12.72
COUNCILDECISION
of28December1972
adoptingaCommunityresearchprogrammeintoclassicalandAfricanswine
fever
(72/446/EEC)
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
ACommunityresearchprogrammeintoclassical
andAfricanswinefeverisherebyadoptedand
shallbegovernedbytheconditionsanddetailed
ruleslaiddownintheAnnex.
Article2THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNI­
TIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,andinpartic­
ularArticle43thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCom­
mission;
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropean
Parliament;
WhereaspursuanttoArticle41oftheTreaty,
provisionmaybemadeinparticularforthe
effectivecoordination ofagriculturalresearch
schemessothattheobjectivesofthecommon
agriculturalpolicymaybeattained;
Whereasresearchintothevirologyofswine
feverisabasicrequirementoftechnicalprogress
inpigrearing,andisessentialtosafeguardand
increaseproductivityinpigrearing;
Whereas,toensurethatworkinthisfieldis
properlycoordinated ,provisionmustbemade
foraplanofactiondesignedtostimulatethe
necessaryinitiativesandtoincreasetheef­
ficiencyofsuchwork;TheCommissionshallberesponsibleforthe
implementation oftheresearchprogramme .
Itshall,before30Juneeachyear,submita
reportontheworkcarriedoutduringthe
precedingyear.
Onconclusionoftheresearchworkcarriedout
undertheprogrammeitshallsubmitacom­
prehensivereportontheresultsthereof.
DoneatBrussels,28December1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP

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ANNEX
InliaisenwiththescientificauthoritiesoftheMemberStatesandwiththeapprovalofthe
Directois-General foragriculturalresearch,aCommunityresearchprogrammeintoclassical
andAfricanswinefever,ofadurationoffouryears,isherebyestablished.
DESCRIPTION OFWORK
A.Classicalswinefever:
I.Virology:—Thestudyofthepropertiesoftheclassicswinefevervirusesandits
applicationstodiagnosis.
II.Pathogenesis :—Studyoflivevaccineslinkedwithdifferentialdiagnosis.
III.Immunology :—Immunisingresponsemechanismsofthepigtowardstheclassic
swinefevervirus.
B.Africanswinefever:
I.Virology:—Antigenicstructureofthevirus,characterisation ofAfricanvirus
strains.
II.Pathogenesis :—Studyofthesubclinicalorchronicformsofthediseaselinkedwith
currentproblemsofdiagnosisinthecaseofacuteorchronicevolu­
tiveforms.
III.Immunology :—Studyofthebehaviourofthemodifiedvirusduringthecourseof
experimentalimmunisationandstudyofthemechanismsinhibiting
multiplication ofthevirus(invitro-invivo).
—Studyofthevariousfractionsofthevirusparticleandlocation
oftheneutralisingforcebymeansofimmune-serums prepared
fromthesevariousfractionsonwhichthetechniquesofhaem­
absorption,precipitation ,fixingofthecomplementandofthe
fluorescentantibodies,aretobeapplied.
Furthermore ,topermit:
1.thenecessaryscientificcontactstobemadewithlaboratoriesspecialisinginthefieldof
Africanswinefever,
2.themanipulationandstudyofvirulentAfricanswinefevervirusestobecarriedoutwithout
infringinghealthlegislationwherethisexpresslyforbidssuchpracticesincountriesfreeof
thedisease,
liaisonwithlaboratoriesestablishedinplacesinfectedwithAfricanswinefeverisquite
obviouslyessential.Sincethisarrangement hasalreadyshownitselftohaveconsiderableadvan­
tagesincarryingoutworkundertheprecedingprogrammeithasbeennotonlyrepeatedbut
alsoimproved,inthatprovisionhasbeenmadeforcloseinterdependence betweenthework
oftheCommunitylaboratoriesandMadridandLisbonlaboratories .
Overallresearchworkcoveredbythisprogrammeshallbecoordinatedundertheauthorityof
theCommissionwiththeassistanceofascientificadviserappointedforthepurpose.
PARTICIPANTS :
Theinstitutesorlaboratoriestakingpartinth«Communityprogrammeareasfollows:
FederalRepublicofGermany:
—InstitutfürVirologiederTierartzlichen Hochschule,Hannover.
—Buncesforschungsanstalt fiirViruskrankheiten derTiere,Tiibingen.
Belgium
—Institutnationalderecherchesvétérinaires,Uccle-Bruxelles.

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France:
—Laboratoirecentralderecherchesvétérinaires,Maisons-Alfort .
—Stationderecherchesdevirologieetd'immunologie ,Institutnationaldelarecherche
agronomique ,Thiverval-Grignon .
Italy:
—Istitutozooprofilattico sperimentaledellaLombardiaedell'Emilia,Brescia.
—Istitutozooprofilattico sperimentale .dell'Abruzzo ,Teramo.
—Istitutozooprofilattico sperimentaledell'UmbriaedelleMarche,Perugia.
Netherlands :
—CentraalDiergeneeskundig Instituut,AfdelingNoordLelystad(Flevopolder).
—InstituutvoorVirologie—FaculteitderDiergeneeskunde ,Utrecht.
Associatedlaboratories :
—InstituteofAnimalBiology,Madrid.
—NationalVeterinaryResearchLaboratory,Lisbon.