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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET -FINANCIAL YEAR 1981 COM(81)338 final
SECTION III -COMMISSION
Brussels ,22d June 1981
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS N°17/81
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GENERAL BUDGET -FINANCIAL YEAR 1981
SECTION III -COMMISSION
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No17/81
(Non-compulsory expenditure )
FROM CHAPTER 100 -PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TOCHAPTER 31 -EXPENDITURE INTHE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
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Article 310 -Community action incampaigns against epidemics towhich
the livestock ofMember States may beexposed
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Item 3101 -EECparticipation inthecampaign against African swine
fever ;local measures
1.000.000 ECU
TheFinancial Controller approved this proposal on7May1981 inaccordance
with Article 21(4 )oftheFinancial Regulation andcertified that appropriations -
are available .

Theappropriations of3million ECU atItem 3101 and 1mHlion ECUfor
thesame item atChapter 100are intended tocover EECparticipation
inthecampaign against African swine fever inSpain ,Malta andPortugal .
The legal basis isprovided byadhocCouncil decisions .Inthecase of
Spain andMalta these hadalready been taken when thepreliminary draft
budget for 1981 wasestablished .Thedecision onPortugal wastaken later ,
on15September 1980 C1).
The legal situation would have allowed the 1million ECUappropriation to
cover EECparticipation inthe campaign against African swine fever in
Portugal' tobeentered automatically atItem 3101 inthe course ofthe
budget procedure .
However ,since itremained atChapter 100ofthe1981 budget ,itmust now
betransferred toItem 3101 . '
Theaction towhich theCommunity isgiving itsfinancial support isdesigned
toeradicate African swine fever from thewhole Iberian peninsula andMalta .
Toachieve this ,programmes have been prepared bySpain ,Portugal andMalta .
Theprogrammes involve thefollowing measures : '
-onfarms :surveillance oflivestock ,swift veterinary action intheevent
ofsuspected outbreaks ofthedisease ,utra-rapid laboratory
diagnosis ,quarantine forallsuspect livestock ,stamping out
where thedisease isconfirmed ,etc;
-inslaughterhouses :equipment ,official licensing ,veterinary inspections .
etc ;
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(Dec.80/877/EEC,0JL250ofthe23.9.1980

-onthemarketing side :official controls onthemovement ofanimals ,
restriction and occasionally prohibition of
markets ,hygiene controls onmeatprocessing
plants . ,
Thepresence ofAfrican swine fever intheIberian peninsula poses a
serious andpermanent threat toCommunity pig stocks .Thedisease is
extremely contagious and canbetransmitted notonly from animal to
animal but also via themeat oreven viapigswilU Add tothis the fact
themortality rate can rise above 80Xand thedanger isclearly apparent
Asthedisease spreads soeasily ,thebest way toprotect the Community
istoeliminate itwhere itoccurs .
Asregards Portugal ,theCouncil Decision provides for atotal financial
contribution of5million ECUtowards the full eradication campaign
(about 10%ofthe total cost ).
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The scheme submitted tothe Commission for approval i_nMarch provides
for aseries ofannual tranches ,allowing implementation tobereviewed
andplans adjusted inthe light ofthesituation .The aim istoeradicat
African swine fever inthewhole area bythe end offive years .
The estimated cost is1million ECU ayear .
Thebudgetary authority istherefore requested totransfer 1million ECU
from Chapter 100 to Item 3101 ofChapter 31sothat the funds earmarked
forthepurpose canbecommitted for rapid action inPortugal similar
tothat already taken inSpain .

APPROPRIATIONS UNDER CHAPTER 100
ASOF4MAY 1981
Total Total
appropriations
for commitmentsappropriations
for payments
1.Total funds allocated 407.079.000 369.019.000
2.Appropriations already
transferred 6.160.000 6.160.000
3.Appropriations inthe course
oftransfer 12.846.000 7.786.000
4.Remaining appropriations under
Chapter 100 388.073.000 355.073.000