WRITTEN QUESTION E-1900/01 by Brian Simpson (PSE) to the Commission. Plans for future outbreaks of diseases like foot-and-mouth.
Date: 2001-06-28
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: disease prevention, foot-and-mouth disease, slaughter of animals, vaccination, veterinary legislation

C 40 E/134

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

14.2.2002

(2002/C 40 E/142)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-1900/01

by Brian Simpson (PSE) to the Commission

(28 June 2001)

Subject: Plans for future outbreaks of diseases like foot-and-mouth

Can the Commission indicate what plans it has in the event of future outbreaks of diseases such as foot-
and-mouth with regard to containment of the disease and the slaughter and disposal of infected and
potentially infected animals, bearing mind that, in future, burial and/or burning of carcasses is likely to be
very unpopular amongst the population and may be banned altogether?

Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission

(31 July 2001)

In case of the occurrence of certain animal diseases such as foot and mouth disease, (FMD) Community
legislation provides for a number of control measures, including:

(cid:129) preparation and implementation of contingency plans in each Member State, so that all necessary

disease control measures may be properly and rapidly applied;

(cid:129) slaughtering and destruction of animals in infected and, if necessary, suspected farms, as these animals

may very easily spread the infection to healthy animals in other farms;

(cid:129) restrictions of movements of animals in the infected areas, as these animals may be incubating the

disease;

(cid:129) use of vaccine, if it is deemed that the measures above are insufficient to contain the outbreak.

The Commission will carry out a thorough review of the Community policy on FMD once the current
outbreak has been eradicated. In this framework the use of FMD vaccines will also be re-examined, taking
into account the most recent knowledge and experience and the development of new diagnostic tools.

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WRITTEN QUESTION E-1901/01

by Christopher Heaton-Harris (PPE-DE) to the Commission

(28 June 2001)

Subject: Town twinning application

Could the Commission confirm in detail
its reasons for refusing to grant funding to Oundle District
Council, East Midlands, UK, for a town-twinning project with Germany, following the Council(cid:146)s application
earlier this year?

Answer given by Mrs Reding on behalf of the Commission

(11 September 2001)

In 2001 the town of Oundle, the host town, applied for funding from the first tranche of the Community
support initiative for actions to promote town-twinning. Its application was not accepted by the selection
committee because the dossier presented was incomplete with regard to point 7.1. of the call for proposals
governing the awarding of support for actions to promote town-twinning (1). This point stipulates that
(cid:145)only dossiers that include all the documents referred to in points (a) to (e) below, submitted within the
approved deadlines, duly filled in and accompanied by the necessary supporting documents, will be taken
into consideration(cid:146).