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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Brussels-19January1979
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onfinancialcontribution fromtheCommunityto
Spainfortheeradication ofAfricanSwineFever
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
African swine fever isahighly contagious disease transmitted notonly bythe
animals themselves but bymeat andeven the scraps very often used tofeed pigs
and isthus very dangerous asfar aslivestock isconcerned .There isno
vaccine available andtheonly effective protective measures ,most commonly
slaughter ,arevery costly .
Thepresence ofAfrican swine fever inSpain isthus apermanently serious threat
totheCommunity 'spig herd .Inthe past thedisease has three times affected
parts ofFrance and has also reached Italy where itrapidly took onthe
proportions ofanepidemic .Both countries had totake very severe action toget
ridofthedisease .Atthemoment itisagain present inSardinia .
Because ofthe ease with which itistransmitted the best protection for the
Community istoeliminate ittotally from adjacent countries ,concentrating on
Spain .Itisindispensable that this bedone asquickly aspossible .The
possible extension ofthe Community makes itessential toclarify the situation
inSpain with regard tothedisease .Further Spain 'sexperience ofthe disease
makes itthe most capable ofdevising anewplan forprogressively eradicating
itbycreating disease-free areas which will also serve asbuffer areas to
protect theCommunity .
Itisforthese reasons that thepurpose ofthis decision is,inresponse to
Spain 'srequest ,tohelp herdraw upandapply aplan foreradicating African
swine fever .TheCommunity contribution isconditional oncertain action being
taken that will guarantee theeffectiveness oftheplan .The splitting ofthe
money into annual instalments will enable the implementation oftheplan tobe
followed andanydesirable changes made asthesituation develops ,thegeneral
aimbeing toeradicate African swine fever completely from Spain within five
years .. ,
Inorder toensure that theobject being pursued ,i.e. eradication ofAfrican
swine fever from theentire Iberian Peninsula ,iseffectively andlastingly
achieved ,theCommission could aidaneradication scheme inPortugal .A
concrete proposal onaidforPortugal will besubmitted assoon aspossible .

ProDOsal fer a
CO''MfT|_DFCISION
onfinancial contribution from the Community
toSpain fortheeradication ofAfrican Swine
Fever .
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community and in
particular Article A3thereof ;
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament ;
Whereas the Community should take allappropriate measures toensure itsprotection
against the appearance ofAfrican swine fever onitsterritory ;
whereas tothis end the Community hasundertaken ,and continues toundertake ,
action designed tocontain outbreaks ofthis type ofdisease far from itsfrontiers
byhelping afflicted countries tostrengthen their preventive measures ;whereas
forthis purpose Community subsidies have already been granted toSpain ;
Whereas these measures have unquestionably made -aneffective contribution tothe
protection ofCommunity livestock ,especially through thecreation andmaintenance
ofabuffer-zone north oftheriver Ebro ;
Whereas ,however ,intheopinion oftheSpanish authorities themselves ,themeasures
farimplemented must bereinforced ifthefundamental objective oferadicating the
disease from theentire country istobeachieved ;allappropriate measures toensure itsprotection
swine fever onitsterritory ;

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WhereastheSpanishauthorities haveaskedtheCommunitytocontributetothe
expensesrequiredfortheefficientimplementation ofatotaleradication
programme;
Whereasafavourablereplyshouldbegiventothisrequestbygranting asubsidy
toSpain,havingregardtotheundertaking
givenbythatcountrytoprotecttheCommunityagainstAfricanswinefeverandto
eliminatecompletelythisdiseasebytheendofafiveyeareradication plan;
Whereastheestablishment ofthiseradication planmustincludecertainmeasures
whichguaranteetheeffectiveness oftheactiontaken,anditmustbepossibleto
adaptthesemeasurestotheevolutionofthesituation,bymeansofaprocedure
establishing closeandeffectivecooperation betweentheMemberStatesandthe
Commission;
WhereasitisnecessarytokeeptheMemberStatesregularlyinformedastothe
progressoftheactionundertaken;
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:

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Article 1
TheCommunity shall contribute financially totheeradication ofAfrican
Swine Fever inSpain .
Article 2
Thecontribution shall begiven onthecondition that theSpanish authorities
establish aneradication plan approved inaccordance with Article 4,satisfying
therequirements ofArticle 3anddesigned toresult intheelimination ofthe
disease within 5years .
This plan must beputinto operation before 1July 1979 .
Article 3
Theeradication plan mentioned inArticle 2must include theimmediate
slaughter anddestruction ofthepigs onallholdings where acase ofAfrican
Swine Fever isdiagnosed andinthose holdings which asa.result ofan
epidemiological enquiry canbeconsidered ascontaminated andinaddition provide for
a)thedisinfection of,andelimination ofinsects andvermin from theholding
after theelimination ofthepigs ,
b)adelay before repopulation ofclean holdings and ahealth control ofpigs
before they areintroduced into these holdings ,
c)theestablishment throughout thecountry ofastri ctmovement control ofpigs ,
including those destined forslaughter ,
d)theobligation toslaughter pigs inestablishments under permanent veterinary
control ,
e)the creation ofdisease-free zones andtheir protection bythedevelopment
ofintegrated pig-farming enterprises orifnecessary theestablishment of
acontrol ofthepigpopulation ofthese enterprises bymeans ofobservation
quarantine ofanimals attheplace oforigin andtheir integration into the
herd only after afurther period ofobservation inisolation onarrival ofa
consignment ,
f)theprotection ofdisease-free zones bythestrict control ofthemovement of
pigs into these zones whatever their destination andbyaprohibition onthe -
straying ofpigs andonpigmarkets ,

g)thecompensation given forslaughter tobecalculated insuch
away that farmers areappropriately compensated .
Article 4
After examination oftheplan presented bytheSpanish authorities andof
anyamendments tobemade thereto ,theCommission shall decide ,inaccordance
with theprocedure provided forinArticle 5,upon itsapproval .
Article 5
1.Where theprocedure laid down inthis Article istobeused ,the matter shall
bereferred bytheChairman ,either onhisowninitiative orattherequest
ofaMember State totheStanding Veterinary Committee .(hereinafter referred
toas'the Committee 1)setupbytheCouncil Decision of15October 1968 .
2.Within theCommittee ,thevotes oftheMember States shall beweighted as
provided inArticle 148 (2)oftheTreaty .TheChairman shall not vote .
3.TheCommission representative shall submit adraft ofthemeasures tobe
adopted .The Committee shall deliver itsopinion onthe measures within a
period tobedetermined bythe Chairman having regard totheurgency ofthe
question submitted forexamination .Opinions shall bedelivered bya
majority of41votes .
4.The Commission shall adopt themeasures and shall implement them immediately
where they are inaccordance with theopinion ofthe Committee .Where they
are not inaccordance with theopinion ofthe Committee orifnoopinion is
delivered ,theCommission shall without delay submit tothe Council a
proposal onthemeasures tobeadopted .The Council shall actthereon
byaqualified majority .
IftheCouncil hasnotadopted anymeasures within three months from the date
onwhich theproposal wassubmitted toit,theCommission shall adopt the
proposed measures andapply them immediately' .

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Artic le6
1.Theenvisaged assistance oftheCommunity isestimated at10million
European Units ofAccount fortheperiod under consideration .
2.Payments shall bemade ,within thelimits ofthebudgetary appropriations ,
byannual instalments onpresentation totheCommission oftherelevant
supporting documents .
Article 7
1.The Commission shall follow thedevelopment ofAfrican Swine Fever inSpain and
theimplementation ,oftheeradication plan .Itshall regularly inform ,at
least once ayear ,theMember States within the Standing Veterinary Committee
ofthis development ,inthelight oftheinformation given bytheSpanish Authorities
and ofany thereports ofCommission experts making onthespot visits .
2.TheCommission may suspend Community aid ifitconsiders this justified
having regard tothedevelopment ofthe situation and ofthe results obtained .
3.Amendments made bytheSpanish Authorities totheplan asinitially approved must
also beapproved inaccordance with Article 4.
Done atBrussels , For the Council
The President

FINANCIAL STATEMENT
Budgetheading:
Article310
Item3101
Titleofheading:
EECparticipation inmeasurestocombatAfricanswinefever,in-fieldoperations .
Legalbasis:
CouncilDecision.
«
Natureofaction:
AnoperationtoprotecttheCommunityagainstAfricanswinefever,whichhas
beenpresentintheIberianpeninsulaformanyyears,hascauseddamageinFrance
andisprehapstheoriginofotherlarge-scale outbreaksintheCommunity,
particularly inSardiniathisyear.
Spain,asshehasrequested,willbegivenfinancialassistanceforaprogramme
forthetotaleradication ofthedisease.Theprogrammewillrequirethe
Commission'spriorapprovalandpaymentoftheannualinstalments oftheaid
willbeconditional onrigorousimplementation ofit.
CostinEUA:
Paymentofatotalaidof10'millionEUAoverfiveyearsinannualinstalments
from1979to1983.Ifitispossibletopaythefirstinstalmentin1979
1millionEUAenteredforthismeasureinChapter100willhavetobetransferred
toitem3101.
Calculation :'- ,
Thetotaiaidisroughly10%ofthecostoftheprogram,whichonpresent
estimateswillbearound9000millionpesetas.
Control:
Possiblyanon-the-spotvisit;reportpresentedtotheStandingVeterinary
Committee.