1999/762/EC: Council Decision of 15 November 1999 amending Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines
Date: 1999-11-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: EU stock, foot-and-mouth disease, research body, vaccine, veterinary legislation

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COUNCIL

COUNCIL DECISION

of 15 November 1999

amending Decision 91/666/EEC establishing Community reserves of

foot-and-mouth disease

vaccines

(1999/762/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

(4)

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

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 (3), 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;

by Council Decision 91/666/EEC (4) Community reserves
foot-and-mouth disease vaccines were established,
of
which are based on stocks of concentrated inactivated
antigen capable of being quickly converted into vaccine
for emergency use and stored at designated premises;

since the adoption of the said Decision two antigen
banks
the
Community reserve of foot-and-mouth disease antigens

for maintaining

designated

part

of

(1) Opinion delivered on 6 October 1999 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 20 October 1999 (not yet published in the

Official Journal).

(3) OJ L 315, 26.11.1985, p. 11. Directive as last amended by Decision

92/380/EEC (OJ L 198, 17.7.1992, p. 54).

(4) OJ L 368, 31.12.1991, p. 21.

have relinquished their commitments to provide these
services to the Community;

designate

in order to comply with Article 3(3) of the aforemen-
tioned Decision the need may arise for various reasons
premises within
to
the
appropriate
Community to which the
foot-and-mouth disease
antigen reserves shall be distributed or relocated for
storage;

(5)

(6)

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

relocate

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

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

(a) the first and third indents shall be deleted;

(b) a new indent shall be added as follows:

‘— any other establishment designated in accordance with

the procedure laid down in Article 10’.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 15 November 1999.

For the Council

The President

K. HEMILÄ