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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)524final
Brussels,?j,September1982
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION
onafinancialcontribution fromtheCommunityto
thecampaignagainstfoot-and-mouthdiseasein
South-East Europe
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C0M(82)524final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
I.TheDirector-General oftheFAOhassubmitted arequesttoPresident Thorn
forafinancialcontribution bytheEECtothecontinuance ofthemeasures
undertaken byhisorganization againstexoticvirusesoffootandmouth
diseaseinthecountriesofSouth-East Europe.
ThisrequestisforthesumofUSD870,000(about889,200EUA),primarily
topurchasevaccinestomaintainthebufferzonecreatedsome20yearsago
topreventthespreadofexoticfootandmouthvirusestootherEuropean
countries and,consequently ,toCommunityterritory.Thisbufferzone
coversareasontheborderbetweenTurkeyandGreece,ontheonehand,and
betweenTurkeyandBulgaria,ontheother.
TheFAOhasalsoappealedtonon-EECEuropeancountriesforfunds.
II.Inassessingtheadvisability ofthiscontribution totheFAO,accountshould
betakeninparticular ofthefollowing :
1.Experience inrecentyearshasshownthattheMiddleEastandthecountries
ofSouth-East Europearespecially
vulnerable tofootandmouthdiseasecausedbyexoticviruses.In1962
therewasanepizooticdiseasecausedbySAT^inTurkeyandin1964-65an
epizooticcausedbyA^virusinTurkeyreachedtheGreekborder.In1972
TurkishThraceandinparticular Greecewereeffectedbyasecondoutbreak
causedbyA^virusandin1973Turkeywasalsoaffectedbyanepizootic
causedbyAsia^virus.
TocreateabarriertothespreadoftheseexoticvirusesintoEurope,in
1962theFAO,withfinancialassistance fromtheEECandotherEuropean
countries,createdabufferzonealongtheGreek-Turkish andBulgarian-
Turkishborderswithinwhichallanimalssusceptible tofootandmouth
diseasewerevaccinated systematically withvaccineseffectiveagainstthe
footandmouthvirusesthreatening Europe.
TheactiontakentheFAOwasadecisivefactorinpreventing thespread
ofthevariousep~ooticsoffootandmouthdiseaseintoEurope.

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2-Thesituationi'nowasfollows:A^virus,whichisexoticfortheEEC,
continuestoexistinAnatolia,asdoesan0viruswithdifferentanti­
genicproperties fromtheclassic0typestraditionally usedinthe
preparationofEuropeanvaccines.ThepresenceofAsia^virusinthe
MiddelEastalsocontributes asupplementary threattoSouth-East Europe,
and,consequently ,toEuropeasawhole.Moreover,Turkeyisstillnotin
apositiontoproducethefootandmouthvaccinenecessarytomeetnational
requirements .Thus,thebufferzonecanonlybemaintained withfinancial
aidfromEuropeancountries.
3.Communitylivestockisnotvaccinatedagainstexoticfootandmouthviruses.
TheCommunityisthereforeveryvulnerabletopenetration bytheseviruses,
whichcouldspreadveryrapidlyandcauseseriouslosses.
III.Accordingtoinformation suppliedbytheFAO,afavourablereplytoitsrequest
forfundswould,giventhecurrentsituationasregardsfootandmouthdisease
intheMiddleEast,enablevaccination campaignstobecontinuedwithinthe
bufferzoneuntil1984,asrecommended bytheEuropeanCommissionforthe
ControlofFootandMouthDiseaseandwouldenableanyemergencyactionswhich
maybecomenecessaryinSouth-East Europe.Themaintainance ofthebuffer
zonebeyond1984andthequestionofinternational supportforvaccination
campaignswillbeexaminedinduecourse,inthelight,inparticular,ofthe
epizooticalsituationasregardsfootandmouthdiseasethenobtainingin
South-East EuropeandtheMiddleEast.
ThecurrentFAOprogrammeprovidesfortheannualsupplyofsome750,000doses
ofbivalentA£2^v/acc''netomaintainthebufferzone.
Itshouldbenotedthatthecomposition ofthefootandmouthvaccinestobe
usedinthebufferzoneanditsextensioncouldbechangedatanytimein
particularinlinewiththeepizootiologicaIsituationandthetypeoffoot
andmouthvirusesthreatening' Europe.

Aswasthecaseduringpreviousoperations,thecorrectuseofthesums
grantedcouldbeverifiedbyanEECrepresentative attheLevelofanFAO/
IOE/EECadvisorygroup.
Thegrantingofthecontribution totheFAOforthepurchaseofvaccine
&intendedforBulgariaandTurkey(about812,000)requirespriorapprovalby
Councildecision;ontheotherhand,thefinancingofthevaccineintended
forGreece(about58,000)maybechargedtothe"EmergencyVeterinary Fund"
asagreedatthenegotiations forGreekaccessiontotheEEC,inaccordance
withtheprocedurelaiddowninArticle2ofCouncilDecision77/97/EECof
21«12«1976(0JL26of31January1977)(applicati nbyGreece-Standing
Veterinary Committeeprocedure.«««««.««««««««■««■)«

proposai for a
Council Décision
onafinancial contribution from the Community tothe campaign against foot and
mouth disease insouth-east Europe
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
I
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,and
inparticular Article 43thereof - ?■
«
Having regard totheproposal from the Commission ,
aï
Having regard totheop?mon oftheEuropean Parliament ,
Whereas there have been outbreaks offoot -and-mouth disease -caused byviruses
foreign tothe Community inrecent years incertain regions ofsouth-east Europe ;
whereas thedanger toConimunity livestock from such exotic foot-and-mouth viruses
h^s not yet been removed ;whereas ,consequently ,aid should continue tobe
granted tothenon-member countries concerned toenable them toapply measures
designed toprevent the spread ofthese viruses ,inparticular bythecreation
ofbuffer zones inthese regions ,
HAS DECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article 1 »
TheCommunity contributes financially totheprogramme tofight azotic foot and
mouth di3ee.se intheSouth Eastern Countries ofEurope .TheCommission haMunder­
takes toaidftaaaoially thejoiat FAOprogress *within thebudgetary exercise
of1982 sad1962 .
Article 2
The Commission shall beresponsible forsupervising themanner inwhich the sum
provided for inArticle 1isused .Itshall report tothe Council andthe European
Parliament onthe implementation ofthis Decision ,
Done atBrussels , For the Council

FINANCIAL STATEMENT te
Date;17JUNE1982
1.BUDGETHEADING:B3803APPROBIATJONS :p.m.inLine
500,000ECUatchapter100
TITLE:ProposalforaCouncilDecisiononafinancialcontribution fromthe
Communitytothecampaignagainstfootandmouthdiseaseinsouth-east Europe
3.LEGALBASIS:Article43
AIMSOFPROJECT:Theaimoftheactionistoensureuntil1984themaintenance of£
bufferzonesagainstfootandmouthdiseaseinsouth-east Europeandtherebyto|
avoidthespreadofexoticfootandmouthvirusintotheE.E.C..Thefinancial 1
contribution oftheEECisessentially designedtopurchasefootandmouth 1
diseasevaccinetobeusedinthebufferzones. 1
5.FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS
5.0EXPENDITURE-CHARGEDTOTHEECBUDGET
(REFUNDS/INTERVENTIONS )
-NATIONALADMINISTRATION
-OTHER
5.1RECEIPTS-OWNRESOURCES OFTHEEC
(LEVIES/CUSTOMSDUTIES)
-NATIONALPERI00ft°R0GRAMMECURRENT FINANCIAL TEAR
(82)
830,000 ECU500-000 ^CUFOUOWING FINANCIAL YEAR
<S3>
330.000 ECU
5.0.1ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE
5.1.1ESTIMATED RECEIPTS
5.2METHODOFCALCULATION
FA0hasbaseditsdemandonthecostsforbyingfoot-andmouthdiseasevaccine
(0.58USdollarsperdosisbivalent).
6.0CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCEDFROMAPPROBATIONS ENTEREDINTHERELCVANTCHAPTEROFTHECURRENTBUDGET?
MUNO
6.1CANTHEPROJECTBEFINANCEDB1TRANSFERBETWEENCHAPTERS OFTHECURRENTSUDGTT? J
YES/HL»UA
6.3WILLFUTU«EBU0G6TAPPR08IATI0N$BENECESSARY ?
YESm
OBSERVATIONS :
(1>_*Transferfromchapte100.