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COMMISSION OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(73)80final
Brussels,30.January1973
"Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
concerningmeasuresagainstfootand
mouthdisease
(Submitted "bytheCounciltotheCommission)
COM(73)80final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Followingtherecrudescence ofA-22footandmouthdiseaseinsouth-eastern
Europe,theDirector-General ofFAOon1June1972wrotetoPresidentMansholt
askingforanEECcashcontribution toreplenishtheAssistanceFundsotupby
FAOin1962tohelpsecureEuropefrominvasionbyaforeignvirusofthe
disease,
FAOfirstappealedin1962forfundstopreventtheSAT-1footandmouthdisease
which''hadbrokenoutintheMiddleEastandTurkeyfromenteringEurope.It
appealedagainwhenasecondepidemic,thistimeofstrainA-22,occurredin'
thesamea,reain19&4-Between1962and1968EECandelevenEuropeancountries
actingindividually providedFAOwithcashandvaccinestothetotalvalueof
U726539.
ThisAssistanceFundhasnowbeenusedup,andinviewofthenewthreatto
.Europe,FAOisagainaskingforcashcontributions fromtheEuropeancountries,
andinparticular fromtheCommunity.
A-22footandmouthdiseasebrokeoutinGreeceon14Aprilofthisyear,appearing
first,almostsimultaneously ,inthreeprovincesofThrace(Evros,Xanthiand ■
Drama).ThereafteritspreadrapidlytootherpartsofGreece.
Anumberofoutbreakshnvar,lsooccurredinTurkishThrp.ce*ThefirstGreekoutbreaks
derivedfrom*>,consignmentofme-it,?ndprobablylivestock,fromTurkey.
Thenewcashcontribution forwhichFAO-isaskingamountstooneU.S.centper..
headofcattle.ThemoneyisintendedmainlyforthepurchaseOfvaccine,tobe
usedtoestablishbufferzonesservingtopreventthediseasefromspreadingand
carryoutinoculations intheneighbourhood oftheoutbreakssoastohelpthe
countriesconcernedtoputdowntheinfection.
Inconsideringwhethertocontribute,thefollowingpointsinparticularshould
beborneinmind:
1»TheA-22virusisaforeignstrainagainstwhichCommunitylivestockare
unprotected .
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2.ThevaccinescurrentlyusedintheMemberStatesfortheyearlyfootand
mouthinoculations areineffectiveagainstA-22.
3.ThepresenceofA-22insouth-eastern Europe,andinGreeceinparticular,is
agravethreattotheadjacentcountries,andhencetoallcountriesofEurot>e,
TheCommunitywouldbehighlyvulnerabletothedisease,whichcouldthus
spreadveryrapidlyandso.entailsubstantialloss.
4.Thereisatthistimeunderconsideration intheCouncilaCommission prot>osal
forestablishing aCommunitystockofvaccineofwhichMemberStates,should
thediseaseappearintheirterritories ,couldmakeemergencyuseuntilsuch
timeasvaccinepreparedintheirownlaboratories becameavailable.This
precautionshould,however,besupplemented byactionoutsidetheCommunity
inthelocalitieswherethediseaseisalreadypresent.
Asonthepreviousoccasions,supervisiontoseethatthesumsfurnishedwerelaid
outinaccordancewiththeirappointedpurposecouldbeexercisedbyanEECre­
presentative onanFAO/lOE/EECadvisorycommittee.
MemberStatesExpertswhomCommissionofficialshaveconsultedonthedesirability
oftheprojectareinfavour.
PAOstatesthattheUnitedKingdom,Sweden,Norway,Switzerland andHungaryhave
alreadyrespondedtoitsappeal,andothercountrieshavepromisedtocontribute.
Asthereisnoprovisioninthe1973Budgettocovertheexpenditureinvolved,
anappropriation forthepurposewillhavetobemadeinasupplementary budget.

Proposalfora
CouncilDecision
concerningmeasuresagainstfootandmouthdisea.se
THECOUNCILOPTHEEUKOPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,and
inparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament ,
VJhereasanenidemicoffootandmouthdisease,caused "byavirusforeigntoEEC,
isatpresentaffectingcertainareasofsouth-eastern EuroneinGreeceandTurkey
whereasthisepidemicifnotpromptlystemmedmaywellspreadtotheterritoryof
theCommunity ;tfhereassuchadevelopment wouldgravelyendangerlivestockinthe
Community ;whereasthethirdcountriesinquestionshouldthereforebehelped
tocontroltheepidemic.
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheCommunityshallcontributethesumof5^4000unitsofaccounttowardsthe
driveundertakeninGreeceandTurkeyagainsttheforeignstrainoffootand
mouthdesease.
Article2
TheCommissionshallberesponsibleforsupervisingthedeploymentofthemoneys
referredtoinArticle1,andshallreporttotheCouncilontheimplementation of
thisDecision.

Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels. PortheCouncil
ThePresident