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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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B ru sse ls, 14 February 1985
COMMUNICATION FR O M  THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL A N D  PARLIAMENT
Im plem entation o f C ouncil D ecisions No 79/511/EEC and 
No 82/895/EEC on a f in a n c ia l c o n trib u tio n  from the 
Community to  the campaign agai nst foot-and-m outh 
disease in  south-east Europe
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1. Council Decisions No 79/511/EEC of 24 May 1979 and No 82/895/EEC of
(2)21 December 1982 granted contributions to the campaign in the 
countries of south-east Europe against exotic FMD viruses, amounting to 
700 000 ECU (USD 962 171.98) and 830 000 ECU (USD 800 956) respectively. 
Article 2 of these Decisions includes the stipulation that the Commission 
must report to the Council and to Parliament on the implementation of these 
Decisions.
2. The financial contributions were granted in response to appeals by the FA0 
to the EEC and other European States with a view to raising the necessary 
funds for the continuation of the campaign which the FAO had been carrying 
on for the past 22 years in south-east Europe to protect Europe as a whole 
against penetration by exotic FMD viruses.
3. Experience over the last 22 years has shown that the Middle East and the 
countries of south-east Europe, in particular Greece and Turkey, are 
especially vulnerable to foot-and-mouth disease caused by exotic viruses.
In 1962 there was an epizootic caused by SAT^ in Turkey and in 1964-1965 
an epizootic caused by A22 virus in Turkey reached the Greek border. In 
1972, Turkish Thrace and in particular Greece were affected by a second 
epizootic wave caused by A22 virus and in 1973 Turkey was also affected by 
an epizootic caused by Asia 1 virus.
The foot-and-mouth disease caused by Asia 1 virus was detected in June of 
this year in the Turkish frontier zone at the Greek prefecture of Evros.
It was swiftly eradicated.
4. Thanks to funds supplied by local authorities and to international 
financial support (EEC-FAO and other European States), the FAO set up, and 
has maintained since 1962, buffer zones along the Greek-Turkish and 
Bulgarian-Turkish borders within which vaccinations against FMD are 
regularly carried out so as to create a barrier to the spread of FMD 
viruses into the rest of Europe.
(1) 0J No L 133, 31.05.1979, p 32
(2) OJ No L 378, 31.12.1982, p 63

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5. In European Turkey (Thrace), no FMD epizootic has been reported by the 
Turkish authorities since November 1978. The buffer zones in Bulgaria and 
Greece have remained free of FMD for many years. However, one outbreak of 
FMD caused by the exotic Asia 1 virus occurred in June of this year in the 
buffer zone within Greece. The very strict health protection measures 
applied by the Greek authorities enabled this source of infection to be 
eradicated.
6. The various operations undertaken in south-east Europe, and in particular 
the choice of vaccine types to be used according to the current epizootic 
situation, were jointly agreed by FAO, IOE and EEC representatives forming 
a tripartite Advisory Committee. The technical and financial aspects of 
these operations were also discussed at meetings, arranged by FAO, of the 
European Commission for the control of foot-and-mouth disease, which were 
attended by representatives of most European States and various 
international organisations.
7. Use made by the FAO of the financial contributions from the EEC (see 
point 1):
A. Between 1979 and June 1984, the following amounts were available to the 
FAO:
a) USD 962 171.98, corresponding to the 700 000 ECU granted by Council 
Decision No 79/511/EEC
USD 800 956, corresponding to the 830 000 ECU granted by Council 
Decision No 82/895/EEC;

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b) USD 75 538.97, being the balance at 31 December 1978 remaining from 
previous FAO operations;
c) USD 116 255.12, being the interest paid by the FAO between 1979 and 
1983 on uncommitted portions of EEC contributions.
Total: USD 1 954 922.
B. According to information supplied by the FAO, the abovementioned amounts 
were used as follows:
Year
1979Expenditure
700 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(400 000 in Turkey, 250 000 in Bulgaria, 
50 000 in Greece)
Centrifuge for the Foot-and-Mouth Disease 
Institute in AthensCost
294 222.50
7 769.08
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984720 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(450 000 in Turkey, 200 000 in Bulgaria, 
70 000 in Greece)
650 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(400 000 in Turkey, 200 000 in Bulgaria, 
50 000 in Greece)
700 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(400 000 in Turkey, 250 000 in Bulgaria, 
50 000 in Greece)
650 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(400 000 in Turkey, 250 000 in Bulgaria); 
the purchase of 50 000 doses for Greece 
was financed by the "Emergency Veterinary 
Fund"(3)
650 000 doses of bivalent A22/01 vaccine 
(400 000 in Turkey, 250 000 in Bulgaria); 
the purchase of 50 000 doses for Greece 
was financed by the "Emergency Veterinary 
Fund"(3)302 000.57
292 500 000
343 000
325 000
325 000
1 889 490
Balance remaining: USD 65 432
(3) Commission Decision of 9 February 1983, 
OJ No L 47, 19.02.1983, p 28

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8. The FAO seeks that the buffer zones should be maintained, particularly 
since the A22 virus persists in Anatolia. For this reason, in July this 
year, the FAO appealed to the EEC and to the other European states with a 
view to raising the funds which would enable it to continue its campaign 
against foot-and-mouth disease in south-east Europe until 1987. This 
request is being examined by the relevant Community bodies.