2000/494/EC: Commission Decision of 4 August 2000 on a Community financial contribution to emergency measures to control foot-and-mouth disease in certain parts of South-East Europe (notified under document number C(2000) 2469) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-08-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Türkiye, animal disease, vaccination

5.8.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 199/85

COMMISSION DECISION

of 4 August 2000

on a Community financial contribution to emergency measures to control foot-and-mouth disease
in certain parts of South-East Europe

(notified under document number C(2000) 2469)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/494/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June
1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended
by Council Regulation (EC) No 1258/99 (2), and in particular
Article 13 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

Foot-and-mouth disease type A and O are endemic in
In addition,
certain parts of Anatolia in Turkey.
foot-and-mouth disease type ASIA 1 was
reported
recently in the Bolu Province close to the European part
of Turkey. The presence of different types of foot-and-
mouth disease virus in Turkey constitutes a direct threat
to the Community, notably Greece, and to Bulgaria.

Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease type ASIA 1 have
been reported in the Evros Province of Greece close to
the border with Turkey.

The epidemiological situation requires Community assis-
tance to Turkey to carry out emergency vaccination
against foot-and-mouth disease in Thrace of all animals
of susceptible species. It is also necessary to prepare
emergency vaccination in neighbouring countries should
the epidemiological situation so require.

The competent authorities of Turkey have agreed to
carry out the vaccination against ASIA 1 of susceptible
livestock in Turkish Thrace within the framework of the
vaccination campaign under the Turkish foot-and-mouth
disease control programme.

The required number of doses of trivalent vaccine shall
be reconstituted from antigen stored within the frame-
work of Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease
antigen and the ready-to-use vaccine shall be delivered
under the terms of the appropriate contracts concluded
between the Commission and the manufacturer.

It is necessary to replace without delay the amount of
antigen used for the aforementioned action in accord-
ance with Community procurement procedures.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary
Committee,

Article 1

The Commission shall take the necessary steps to make
1.
available 1 500 000 doses of A1OH
3-adjuvated trivalent
vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease types O1, A22 and
ASIA 1 for use in animals of susceptible species as follows:

(a) 1 300 000 doses of the vaccine referred to above to be
made available to the Turkish competent authorities for
emergency vaccination in Turkish Thrace, notably the prov-
inces of Edirne, Kirklareli, Tekirdag and the European parts
of the provinces Canakkale and Istanbul, and

(b) 200 000 doses of the vaccine referred to in the first para-
graph for emergency vaccination where required by the
epidemiological situation.

2.
The Commission shall ensure that the vaccine is reconsti-
tuted from the established antigen reserves and the ready-to-use
vaccine is to be delivered by the manufacturer to a place to be
identified by the Commission.

3.
The Commission shall take the necessary steps to replace
the amount of antigen used for the action referred to in para-
graph 1 in accordance with Community procurement proced-
ures as soon as possible.

4.
The Community shall cover the total cost of the measures
referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 up to a maximum of
EUR 1 200 000.

Article 2

This Decision shall be implemented immediately after the
competent authorities of Turkey have confirmed to the
the
Commission in writing their undertaking to carry out
measures foreseen in Article 1(1)(a).

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 4 August 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 224, 18.8.1990, p. 19.
(2) OJ L 160, 26.6.1999, p. 103.