CELEX: 31975D0428
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-07 00:00:00
Title: 75/428/EEC: Commission Decision of 7 July 1975 concerning the supply of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine

No L 186/32                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                17. 7. 75
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 7 July 1975
                                concerning the supply of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine
                                                              (75/428/ EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 COMMUNITIES,                                                           are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
                                                                        Veterinary Committee,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;
                                                                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 March
  1973 (') on action to protect Community livestock
 against certain foot-and-mouth diseases, as last                                              Article 1
 amended by the Council Decision of 15 July 1974 (2),
 and in particular Article 1 (2) thereof ;                              The consignments of vaccine to be supplied by the
                                                                        IM/IFFA subsequently to those provided for in Article
 Whereas, by its Decision of 8 October 1973 (3), the                    3(1 ) (a) and (b) of the contract concluded on 8
 Commission determined the types of vaccine to be                       October 1973 and in Article 1 of the Commission
 supplied to the Community in respect of control                        Decisions of 12 June 1974, 13 November 1974 and 7
 measures against exotic foot-and-mouth disease ;                       April 1975, shall consist of :
 Whereas, by its Decision of 13 November 1974 (4), the                  — 150 000 doses of vaccine Asia 1 ,
 Commission increased the reserve of foot-and-mouth                     — 200 000 doses of vaccine A 22.
 disease vaccine for the protection of Community live­
 stock ;                                                                These vaccines shall, at the date as fixed pursuant to
                                                                        the last subparagraph of Article 3 ( 1 ) of the aforesaid
 Whereas the contract concluded on 8 October 1973                       contract when they actually become available have
 between the European Economic Community, repre­                        undergone bacteriological, innocuity and activity tests.
 sented by the Commission of the European Economic
 Community, and the Institut Merieux, Division IFFA,                                           Article 2
 254 rue Marcel Merieux, Lyon 7e, acting as agent for
 the France-Iranian foot-and-mouth vaccine produc­                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 tion units of the National Institute for Serums and
Vaccines (RAZI) of Hessarak (Iran), fixed the dates for
 the initial consignments of vaccine only ;                             Done at Brussels, 7 July 1975.
Whereas, in consequence, in order to ensure the
                                                                                                 For the Commission
 protection of the European Economic Community
against foot-and-mouth disease, provision should be                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
 made for the supply of futher consignments of foot­
and-mouth disease vaccine ;                                                                  Member of the Commission
(')  OJ  No L 106,  20 . 4. 1973 , p. 26 .
(-') OJ  No L 202,  24. 7. 1974, p. 38 .
(3 ) OJ  No L 308 , 8 . 1 1 . 1973, p. 21 .
H    OJ  No L 316,  26 . 11 . 1974, p. 13.