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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITI
C0M(83) 553 final
Brussels, 29 September 1
Proposai for a  
C O U N C IL DECISION
o n  a  financial contribution to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease
Institute in A nkara
t
(submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(83) 553 final

EXPLANATORY HBHOBAMDUM
1. Th8 Turkish authorities have asked the Commission for a financial 
contribution from the Community towards the new Foot-and-Houth Disease 
Institute in Ankara. The present Institute, opened in 1967, can produce 
only 8 to 10 million doses of monovalent foot-and-mouth vaccine per year, 
not enough according to the Turkish authorities to ensure effective 
protection against the disease on Turkish territory. The new Institute is 
designed to produce at least 40 million monovalent vaccine doses per year.
2. In 1975, by Council Decision 75/776/EBC of 16 December 1975, the BBC 
granted the Ankara Institute an initial financial contribution amounting to 
1 million US dollars; this sum was used between 1978 and 1980 to purchase 
certain items of equipment (968 303 OS dollars) and to finance technical 
assistance (training courses and consultancy services: 31 697 US dollars).
According to the information received from the Turkish authorities 
construction work on the new Institute is now at a very advanced stage and 
it is time to proceed with the procurement and installation of the 
necessary equipment.
3. The Ankara Institute has recently concluded a collaboration agreement with 
the Istituto Zooprofilattice Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia de 
Brescia, Italy, with a view to obtaining technical back-up for the project. 
Under the agreement the Brescia Institute is to provide its Turkish 
counterpart with technical assistance, notably in examining and selecting 
the equipment needed by the Ankara Institute to reach its production 
target, checking the satisfactory operation of the equipment supplied and 
installing it, producing and monitoring the vaccine and training Turkish 
staff. This collaboration constitutes a guarantee for the implementation of 
the project.

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4. The Turkish request this tine is for DH 8 344 000 (3 681 366 ECO); 
according to the study carried out jointly by experts from the Ankara and 
Brescia Institutes, this sum should be enough to cover the following costs:
- acquisition of the equipment for the new Ankara Institute;
- training courses for Turkish staff in the Community and technical 
collaboration between the Brescia and Ankara Institutes.
5. The Community has always made efforts to protect itself against the danger 
of exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus appearing on its territory as its 
livestock is not immunized by vaccination against these viruses. Hence its 
efforts, past and present, to keep outbreaks of this type of disease far 
from its frontiers. Since 1962 it has contributed financially totsards 
maintaining the vaccination buffer zone in south-east Europe along the 
frontiers between Bulgaria and Turkey and Greece and Turkey to prevent 
exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus spreading towards Europe. This is 
one of the routes which the epizootic diseases capable of threatening 
Western and Central Europe would have to take.
It is therefore essential for this buffer area to be maintained. The move 
by the Turkish authorities to increase the present scale of foot-and-mouth 
vaccination on their territory and, above all, systematic vaccination along 
Turkey's eastern frontier will strengthen Europe's protection against the 
disease.
The granting of the financial contribution to the Ankara Institute is 
therefore very much in the Community's interest.
6. The actual granting of the financial contribution is subject to the Turkish 
authorities agreeing to the Commission and Court of Auditors monitoring the 
use made of the sum awarded.

Proposal for a  
COUNCIL DECISION
on a financial contribution to the Foot-and-Houth 
Disease Institute in Ankara
THE COUNCIL OP 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,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
Whereas the Community should take all appropriate measures to ensure its 
protection against the risk of exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus 
appearing on its territory, particularly as its livestock is not immunized by 
vaccination against these viruses;
Whereas to this end the Community has undertaken, and continues to undertake, 
action designed to keep outbreaks of this type of disease far from its
frontiers by helping countries affected to strengthen their preventive  
measures; whereas, for this purpose, substantial Community subsidies have 
already been granted to the countries of south-east Europe through the PAO;
Whereas these masures have unquestionably made an effective contribution to 
the protection of Community livestock, especially through the establishment 
and maintenance of buffer vaccination zones in Turkish Thrace;
Whereas,  however, the measures implemented hitherto must be reinforced if the 
campaign against foot-and-mouth disease is to be improved;
Whereas, in order to achieve this aim, substantial work has been undertaken at 
the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute in Ankara in orde^ to increase 
significantly the production of vaccine by that Institute;

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Whereas this work, mist be approved as it will enable Turkey to intensify its 
campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, having regard in particular to the 
undertaking given by that country to ensure the maintenance of the buffer 
vaccine zone against this disease in Turkish Thrace;
1Whereas, by Counci L  Decision 75/776/EEC the Community has already m ade an in itia l  
financial contribution to the Foot-and-lfouth Disease Institute in Ankara ;
Whereas the Turkish authorities have again asked the Coanunity to contribute 
to the Ankara Institute; whereas a favourable reply should be given to this 
request ;
Whereas a technical collaboration agreement has been concluded between the 
Ankara Institute and an animal health institute in a Member State;
Whereas the Standing Veterinary Committee should be kept regularly informed of 
progress on the project as a whole,
HAS DECIDED AS POLLOWS:
Article 1
1. The Community shall make a financial contribution to a project at the 
Foot-and-Jfouth Disease Institute in Ankara, during the 1983, 1984 and 1985 
financial years.
2. The contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for the financing of:
- new equipnmnt for the Ankara Institute,
- technical assistance and training courses for Turkish staff in the 
Community.
3. The contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid by the 
Commission,up to the amount set aside for the purpose in the general budget 
of the European Communities, after production by the Turkish authorities of 
official supporting documents.
Article 2
The Commission shall be responsible for monitoring the use made of the 
contribution referred to in Article 1. It shall report to the Council and the 
European Parliament on the implementation of this Decision.
At least once a year it shall also inform the Standing Veterinary Committee  
of progress on this project.
Done at Brussels,
1 O J  N o  L  326, 18.12.1975, p. 16.For the Council

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Bit' :  22 June 1983
1.  b u d g e t  h e a d in g  :  B  3803 Community contribution to the a p p r o b a t io n s  :  ^  4 million E C U  
_______ campaign against F M D  outside the Community
2. t
itle Financial contribution to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute in Ankara
3.  legal  basis  :  council Decision
Financing (a) the procurement of the equipment needed by the  
Ankara Institute  
(b) technical assistance
5. FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0 E X P E N D ITU R E
-  C H A R G E D  T O  T H E  E C  B U D G E T
other agricultural  
expendi ture
5.1 R EC EIPTS
- O W N  R E S O U R C E S  O F  T H E  E C  
(LI.VIC S /C U S TO M 5 DUTIES)
- N A  I  IONAlP E R IO D  O F  3 yeaf.s C U R R E N T  FINANCIAL Y E A R
c  1983 )F O L L O W  I  IAl ft A «
5.7 m i l lion E C l I.07 million ECU 1.0 mi11i on E C U
5.0.1 ESTIM ATED E X P E N D ITU R E  
5.1.1 E  S T  IM A T E D  R E C E  IP TS1985 1986 1987i
1.63 million  
E C U- -
.? method  o f calculation  sch em e submitted by the Ankara Institute anticipates  
-equipment and installation costs D M  7.415 million
-training and technical assistance
D M  8.344 million -  
or 3.7 million E C U
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o u s l k v m [o m sI i According to the Turkish authorities, once the Ankara Institute is pro­
ducing 30-40 million doses of vaccine, it  w ill not be necessary for the E E C  to  
continue its  contribution to the F A O  for the purchase of vaccine to maintain the  
buffer zone in Turkish Trace (approx. 0.22 million E C U  per year).
2.The above cost estimates were produced by the Turkish Authorities with technical  
assistance from experts from The Brescia Animal Health Institute.