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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
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PROPOSAL FOR ACOUNCIL DECISION
onfinancial contribution tothecampaign against
foot-and-mouth disease inSouth-East Europe
(submitted totheCouncil bytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.TheDirectorGeneraloftheFAOhassubmitted arequesttoPresident
Jenkinsforafinancialcontribution bytheEECtothecontinuance of
themeasuresundertaken byhisorganization againstexoticvirusesof
foot-and-mouthdiseaseinthecountriesofSouth-East Europe.
Thisrequestisforasumof900000U.S.dollars(about700000EUA)
primarilytopurchasevaccinestomaintainthebufferzonecreated15years
agotopreventthespreadofexoticfoot-and-mouthvirusestootherEuropean
countriesand,consequently ,toCommunityterritory.Thisbufferzonecovers
areasontheborderbetweenTurkeyandGreeceontheonehandandTurkeyand
Bulgariaontheother.
TheFAOhasalsoappealedtootherEuropeannon-EECcountriesforfunds.
II.Inassessingtheadvisability ofthiscontribution totheFAO,account
shouldbetakeninparticularofthefollowing :
1.ExperienceinrecentyearshasshownthattheMiddleEastandthe
countriesofSouth-East Europe,inparticular TurkeyandGreece,are
particularly vulnerabletofoot-and-mouthdiseasecausedbyexotic
viruses.In1962therewasanepizooticdiseasecausedbySAT^virus
inTurkeyandin1964-65anepizooticcausedbyA^virusinTurkey
reachedtheGreekborder.In1972TurkishThraceandinparticular
GreecewereaffectedbyasecondoutbreakcausedbyA^virusandin
1973TurkeywasalsoaffectedbyanepizooticcausedbyAsia^virus.
TocreateabarriertothespreadoftheseexoticvirusesintoEurope,
in1962theFAO,withthefinancialaidoftheEECandotherEuropean
countries,createdabufferzonealongtheGreek–Turkish andBulgarian-
Turkishbordersinwhichallanimalssusceptible tofoot-and-mouthdisease
werevaccinatedsystematically withvaccineseffectiveagainstthe
foot-and-mouthvirusesthreatening Europe.
TheactiontakenbytheFAOwasadecisivefactorinpreventingthe
spreadingofthevariousepizooticsoffoot-and-mouthdiseaseintoEurope.

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2.Atpresentthesituationisthefollowing :virus/whichis
exoticfortheEEC,continuestoexistinAnatolia;furthermore a
newproblemhasarisenwiththeappearanceintheMiddleEastof
sub-typesorvariantsofthe0viruswhichareimmunologically different
fromthe0^Europevirus.Moreover,Turkeyisstillnotinaposition
toproducethefoot-and-mouthdiseasevaccinenecessarytomeetnational
requirements ;accordingtoinformation suppliedbytheTurkish
authorities,thenewFoot-and-MouthDiseaseInstituteinAnkarawillnot
beoperational before1983;thusthebufferzonecanonlybemaintained
withfinancialaidfromEuropeancountries.
3.Communitylivestockisnotvaccinated againstexoticfoot-and-mouthviruses.
TheCommunityisthereforeveryvulnerable topenetration bytheseviruses,
whichcouldspreadveryrapidlyandcauseseriouslosses.
III.Accordingtotheinformation suppliedbytheFAOafavourable replytoits
requestforfundswould,onthebasisofthecurrentsituation asregards
foot-and-mouthdiseaseintheMiddleEast,enablevaccination campaignsto
continueinthebufferzoneforaperiodoffouryears.Thecurrent
programmeprovidesfortheannualsupplyof700000to800000dosesof
bivalentA^^vaccinestomaintainthiszone.
Itshouldbenotedthatthecomposition ofthefoot-and-mouthvaccinestobe
usedinthebufferzonecouldchangeatanymomentinlinewiththe
epizootological situationandthetypeoffoot-and-mouthvirusesthreathening
Europe. '
IV.Aswasthecaseduringpreviousoperations,thecorrectuseofthesums
grantedcouldbecontrolled byanEECrepresentative atthelevelofan
FA0/I0E/EECadvisorycommittee.
V.SincetheencloseddraftDecisionisbasedonArticleA3oftheTreaty
theEuropeanParliament mustbeconsulted.
VI.IftheCouncil'sdecisionisfavourable thenecessaryappropriations willbe
dividedintotwoinstalments .Thefirst/tobepaidin1979,willbereleased
bytransferandthesecondwillgointothepreliminary draftbudgetfor1980.

PROPOSAL FORA
COUNCILDECISION
onafinancialcontribution tothecampaign
againstfoot-and-mouthdiseaseinSouth-EastEurope
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,andin
particularArticleA3thereof, ,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
Whereastherehavebeenoutbreaksoffoot-and-mouthdiseasecausedbyviruses
foreigntotheCommunityinrecentyearsincertainregionsofSouth-East Europe;
whereasthedangertoCommunitylivestockfromexoticfoot-and-mouthviruseshas
notbeenremoved;whereas,consequently,aidshouldcontinuetobegrantedtothe
non-Membercountriesconcernedtoenablethemtoapplymeasuresdesignedtoprevent
thespreadoftheseviruses,inparticularbythecreationbfbufferzonesinthese
regions,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS:
Article 1
Theenvisagedassistance bytheCommunityinthecampaign
ofSouth-EastEuropeagainstexoticfoot-and-mouthviruses
Article2
heCommissionshallberesponsibleforsupervisingthemannerinwhichthesum
providedforinArticle1isusedandshallreporttotheCouncilandtheEuropean
Parliamentonthe.implementation ofthisDecision.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
;
ThePresidentundertaken inthecountries
isestimatedat700000EUA

BUDGET STATEMENT
Budget heading :
Article 310
Item 3103
Title ofheading
Community contribution toanti-foot-and-mouth disease measures outside the
Community .
Légal basis
Council Décision
Nature andobjective ofaction ,andjustification therefor ,
Purchase ofanti -foot -and-mouth vaccine tobeused inbuffer zones onthe
Greco -Turko -Bulgarian frontiers tocreate abarrier tothepassage ofexotic
foot-and-mouth viruses into Europe .These viruses areparticularly dangerous tothe
Community 'slivestock ,which isnot immunized against them .Exotic viruses
often appear intheNear East and itisindispensable tomaintain these
buffer zones .
Other European countries besides those ofthe EECarecontributing tothe
operation ,which isexpected tolast forfour years ifthe foot-and-mouth
situation intheNear East remains asitisatthis moment .
700000 -800000 doses ofbivalent vaccine are required per year tomaintain
the buffer zones .
Theoperation isbeing undertaken ontheinitiative ofthe FA0,which has
asked theEECandother European countries forfunds .Thesumrequested per
head ofcattle is1.2American cents .
Cost ofaction inUSdollars
The700000 EUA canbesplit into twoinstalments .Thefirst ,
300000 EUA, tobepaid inthefirst quarter of1979 ,would bereleased
bytransfer andthesecond instalment would gointo thepreliminary draft
budget for1980 .

Financial breakdown
Purchase ofvaccine each year :
700000-800000doses ofbivalent vaccine x0.40 UScents =
+300000 USdollars per year .
Theprogramme isexpected torunfor 4years .
Part ofthetotal ,i.e. 300000dollars ,would bepaid byEuropean
countries which arenotmembers ofthe EEC,thus leaving 900 000dolLars
(700000 EUA )tobeprovided bythe EEC .
Supervision
Theuse ofthemoney will besupervised byanEEC representative onan
FA0/I0E/EECAdvisory Committee .
With regard tothe1979 budget ,itisnecessary totransfer anappropriation
of300000 E.U.A. toheading 3103 from other headings inChapter 31orfrom
other Chapters oftheGeneral Budget .
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