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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(75)157final
Brussels,15April1975
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onmeasuresagainstfoot-and-mouthdisease
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission)
CŒI(75)157final

EXPLANATORY I-EIOR/JIDUH
TheDirector-General oftheFaOhastransmitted arequesttoPresident
Ortoliforafinancialcontribution fromtheEECinrespectoftheaction
beingundertakenbyhisorganization againstexoticvirusfoot-and-nouth
diseaseinthecountriesofSouth-EastEurope.
ThisrequestconcernsasumofUS$600000forthepurchaseofvaccine
tonainatainineffectthebufferzoneswhichwerecreatedsometineago
alongthefrontiersbetweenGreeceandTurkeyandBulgariaandTurkeyto
preventthespreadofexoticfoot-and-nouthvirustootherEuropean
countriesand-consequently-totheterritoryoftheCommunity.
ThefollowingfactorsarerelevanttothisFAOrequestforacontribution
1.ExperienceinrecentyearshasshownthatthenearEastandthe
countriesofSouth-EastEurope-especiallyTurkeyandGreece-are
particularly"pr«ne tooutbreaksoffoot-and-nouthdiseasecausedby
exotic,typesofvirus.In1962,anepidemicof.SAT1virusoccurred
inTurkey;in1964-65,anotherepidemic-thistimeinvolvingthe
,A22virus-occurredinthesamecountry,andreachedtheGreek
,frontier.In1972TurkishBiraceandGreeceitselfwereinvadedby
asecondwaveofepidemicsinvolvingtheA22virus,whilstin1973
TurkeywasalsohitbyanepidemiccausedbytheAsia1virus.
Asregainsthelasttwoepidemics,thesituationhasimprovedasa
resultofmeasurestakenbytheStatesconcernedandactionbythe
PAO;nevertheless ,itwouldbeprudenttomaintainbufferzones,in
whichanimalshavebeenimmunisedagainstfoot-and-mouthdisease,
alongthefrontiersbetweenGreeceandTurkeyandBulgariaand
Turkey.
2.Communitylivestockhasnotbeenvaccinatedagainstexotictypesof
foot-and-mouthvirus.InpenetratingtheCommunity,therefore,this
viruswouldfindaveryfavourableenvironment ;itcouldtherefore
spreadveryrapidly,causingconsiderable losses.

3.1(7virtueoftheCouncilDecisionof26March1973onactionto
' •«protectConnunitylivestockagainstcertainfoot-and-aouthdiseases
(OJNoL106,26April1973),theConnunitywasauthorized,fora
periodinitiallyoftwoyears,toestablishareserveofvaccineto
conbatexotictypesoffoot-and-nouthvirus.Thopurposeof
thisstockwastopemitMemberStatestofi^itthefirstattacksof
suchavirus,intheeventofitsappearanceontheirterritory,
withoutwaitingforthenecessaryvaccinetobeproducedbytheirown
. ) ■■laboratories .
However,thisfomofprotectionnustbesupplenented byactionoutside
theConnunity,entailingintervention inplaceswhereoutbreaksofthe
diseaseoccur,
III.AccordingtotheinfomationsuppliedbytheFAO,vaccinationinthe
bufferzonenustatthisnonentbeatleast'bivalentvaccine(Asia1and
A22).2.5riilliondosesofvaccinearenecessaryatthepresenttine
forthisvaccination.TheFAOrequestcouldbenetpartlybyacash
paymentofUS$370000andpartlybythesupplyofaquantityofvaccine
frontheCommunity'sreservesbeforetheexpirationofits,validity
(1050000dosesin1975).Article5oftheaforementioned Decision
providesforthopossibilityofdonationsofvaccinetonon-nenbercountries
wherethehealthsituationwithintheConnunitysopemits.
Ifforanyreasonthisvaccinecannot,'inwhole'orinpart,bedelivered
totheFAO,an'alternativeproposalcouldbesubnittedtotheCouncilfor
acash-contribution .
IV.Aswasdoneinthecaseofsinilaractionsundertakenpreviously,theuse
ofthedonatedfundsandvaccineforthepurposeintendedcouldbe
supervisedbyanEECrepresentative withinajointFAO/lOED/EECAdvisory
Connittee.
Arequestforthetransferofappropiation fromChapter99toitem3103for
ananountof280.000u.a.willbetransmitted bytheCommissiontotheCouncil.
Astheanexeddraftdecisionisbasedonarticle43oftheTreaty,conculta-
tionoftheEuropeanParliamentisobligatory.

Proposalfora
CouncilDecision
onmeasuresagainstfoot-and-oouthdisease
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
Whereasepidemicsoffoot-and-mouthdiseasecaused "bytypesofvirusexotic
totheEuropeanEconomicConnunityhaverecently "brokenoutincertainareas
ofSouth-EastEurope;whereas,unlesssuchexotictypesofvirusinthese
areasarecompletelyeliminated,theyconstituteadangerforCommunity
livestock;whereasnon-membercountriesconcernedshouldbehelpedin
implementing measuresaimedatpreventingthespreadofthesetypesofvirus
andeliminating themcompletely;whereasthesealmscanbeachieved,in
particular,bythecreationofbufferzonesintheseareas,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION;
Article 1
TheCommunityshalloontributeasunofupto280000u.a.tohelpcombat
exotictypesoffoot-and-mouthvirusinthecountriesofSouth-EastEurope.
Article2
TheCommissionshallsupervisetheutilizationofthesunprovidedforin
Article1andshallsubmitareporttotheCouncilontheimplementation
ofthisdecision.
Article3
ThisdecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels FortheCouncil
ThePresident