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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)284 final .
Brussels . May1982
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
amending Commission Decision 82/259/EEC
concerning certain protective measures against foot-and mouth ,disease
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The first outbreak offoot-and-mouth disease inDenmark occurred onthe
island ofFunen inMarch 1982 .Thedisease spread onFunen for -sixweeks .
Todeal with this situation ,on6April theCommission adopted aDecision
concerning certain protective measures against foot-and-mouth disease ,after
receiving afavourable opinion from theStanding Veterinary Committee ,
This Decision required theDanish authorities nottosend toMember States
anylive bovine animals ,pigs orfresh meat coming from theisland ofFunen .
Asaresult ofthis requirement ,theother Member States were towithdraw the
unilateral measures applied toimports .
Anewoutbreak offoot-and-mouth disease occurred inthenight of4"to5May
ontheisland ofZealand .However ,there hasbeen nonewoutbreak onFunen
since 21April .Inview ofthis ,theCommission submitted fortheopinion
oftheStanding Veterinary Committee on12May ,draft measures providing for
deliveries from Funen toberestarted ,because oftheperiod oftime which
hadelapsed since the last outbreak wasdealt with ,andforthegradual
lifting ofthesuspension ofdeliveries from Zealand .TheStanding Veterinary
Committee wasunable togive afavourable opinion .TheFederal Republic of
Germany voted against ,since itconsidered that theperiod after which
deliveries from the relevant areas were toberestarted was insufficient .
Italy abstained since itthought theprotective measures should betaken by
theimporting Member States .Theother delegations voted infavour .
Inapplication oftheprocedure oftheStanding Veterinary Committee ,the
Commission hereby presents aproposal covering themeasures described .Itwould
emphasize that adecision isurgent .

PROPOSAI ,
fora
COUNCILDECISION
amendingCommission Decision82/259/EEC
concerning certainprotective measuresagainstfoot-andmouthdisease
THECOUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
I
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 64/432/EECof26June1964onanimalhealth
problemsaffectingintra-Community tradeinbovineanimalsandswine(1),as
lastamendedbyDirective 81/476/EEC(2),andinparticularArticle9thereof.
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective72/461/EECof12December1972onhealth
problemsaffectingintra-Community tradeinfreshmeat(3),aslastamended
byDirective 81/476/EEC,andinparticularArticle8thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 80/215/EECof22January1980onanimalhealth
problemsaffectingintra-Community tradeinmeatproducts(4),asamendedby
Directive 81/476/EEC,andinparticularArticle7thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereasanoutbreakoffoot-and-mouthdiseasehasoccurredinDenmark;whereas
thisoutbreakisliabletoendangertheherdsofotherMemberStates,inview
ofthelarge-scale tradebothinanimalsandfreshmeat,
WhereasinviewofthissituationtheCommission adopted,on6April1982,
Decision82/259/EEC(5);
Whereasfoot-and-mouthdiseasehasnow spreadtotheislandofZealand
andaccountmustbetakenofthisnewsituation; i 1
(1)O.J.N°•121of29.7.1964,p.1977/64
(2)O.J.N°L186of8.7.1981,p.20
(3)O.J.N°L302of31.12.1972,p.24
(4)O.J.N°L47of21.2.1980,p.4
(5)O.J.N°L111of24.4.1982,p.28 ./.

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Whereas,withaviewtopreventing anyunilateral measureonthepartof
importing MemberStates,theprotective measuresshouldbemaintained aslongasthe
riskofspreadingthediseasepersists;
Whereas,sincetheStandingVeterinary Committee hasnotgivenitsassent,the
Commissionisunabletoadopttheprovisionsithadenvisagedinthisrespect
undertheprocedureprovidedforinArticle9oftheDirective 64/432/EEC,•
Article8ofDirective 72/461/EECandArticle7ofDirective 80/215/EEC,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article 1
CommissionDecision82/259/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.InArticle 1th^"words:"andtheislandofZealaid"areaddedafter
thewords"TheislandofFunen".
2.InArticle2thewords"andthe|slandofZealand"areinsertedafter
thewords"thef.slandofFunen".
3*Article3isreplacedbythefollowing :
("Article3
DenmarkshallsuspendthemeasureslaiddowninArticles 1and2:
-inrespectoftheislandofFunen,on17May1982,withoutprejudiceto
theprotection measuresappliedbytheDanishauthorities inthezonearoundthe
lastoutbreakoffoot-and-mouthdisease,
-inrespectoftheislandofZealand,14daysaftertheelimination ofthe
lastoutbreakoffoot.-and-mouthdiseasetoappearinthatisland.The
periodwhichprecedestheliftingofthemeasuresshallbeextendedby
14days-intheprotection zoneof10kilometres aroundtheoutbreaks
established bytheDanishauthorities".%
Article 2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil