Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves of foot-and- mouth disease vaccines
Date: 1999-06-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU stock, animal health, foot-and-mouth disease, vaccine, veterinary legislation

31.8.1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 247 E/39

Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves
of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines

(1999/C 247 E/08)

COM(1999) 290 final (cid:151) 1999/0121(CNS)

(Submitted by the Commission on 15 June 1999)

the need may arise for various reasons to designate appro-
priate premises within the Community to which the foot-
and-mouth disease antigen reserves shall be distributed or
relocated for storage;

(5) Whereas, according to Article 14(3) of Council Directive
85/511/EEC, the possibility for the Commission to propose
to the Council to set up the Community reserves of anti-
foot-and-mouth disease vaccines has expired since 1 April
1991;

(6) Whereas in order to allow immediate reaction to the needs
to distribute or relocate the Community reserves of foot-
and-mouth disease antigen for storage at different sites, it is
necessary to amend Council Decision 91/666/EEC in
particular as regards the procedures laid down for the
designation of Community antigen and vaccine banks;

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In paragraph 1 of Article 3 of Council Decision 91/666/EEC:

(cid:151) the first and third indents are deleted,

(cid:151) a new indent is added as follows:

(cid:145)(cid:151) any other establishment designated in accordance
with the procedures laid down in Article 10 of this
decision.(cid:146)

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

(1) Whereas in accordance with the provisions of Article 13(3)
of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985
introducing Community measures for the control of foot
and mouth disease (1), as amended by the Act of Accession
of Austria, Finland and Sweden, a decision may be taken to
introduce emergency vaccination in a limited area,
in
circumstances where slaughter of the entire herd may not
be sufficient to eliminate the virus;

of

foot-and-mouth

(2) Whereas by Council Decision 91/666/EEC (2) Community
reserves
vaccines were
established, which are based on stocks of concentrated
inactivated antigen capable of being quickly converted
into vaccine for emergency use and stored at designated
premises,

disease

(3) Whereas

the

since

of Council Decision
adoption
91/666/EEC two antigen banks designated for maintaining
part of the Community reserve of foot-and-mouth disease
antigens have relinquished their commitments to provide
these services to the Community;

(4) Whereas

to comply with the provisions of
paragraph 3 of Article 3 of Council Decision 91/666/EEC

in order

(1) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11.
(2) OJ L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 21.