CELEX: 51989PC0302
Language: en
Date: 1989-07-10
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON THE CONCLUSION, ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, OF THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION FOR THE PROTECTION OF VERTEBRATE ANIMALS USED FOR EXPERIMENTAL AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES

No C 200/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                     5. 8. 89
                                                               II
                                                      (Preparatory Acts)
                                                COMMISSION
              Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Community, of the
              European Convention for the protection of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other
                                                     scientific purposes
                                              COM(89) 302 final — SYN 198
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 14 July 1989)
                                                       (89/C 200/11)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          Whereas the foregoing considerations relate to the
                                                                   Community's obligations on the basis of which the
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Council ought to approve the Convention;
 Economic Community, and in particular Article 100a
 thereof,                                                         Whereas, as regards the Member States' field of
                                                                   competence, the Council resolution of 24 November
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                1986 (2) requested the Member States which had not yet
                                                                   signed the European Convention to do so at the earliest
                                                                  possible date;
 In cooperation with the European Parliament,
                                                                  Whereas some provisions of the European Convention,
 Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                 particularly Article 19 thereof, require implementing
 Social Committee,                                                measures to be taken by the Member States;
Whereas on 24 November 1986 the Council adopted
                                                                  Whereas it is therefore necessary for the Member States
 Directive 86/609/EEC on the protection of animals used
                                                                  to ratify the European Convention in respect of their
for experimental and other scientific purposes ('), setting
                                                                  fields of competence;
out common rules incorporating the principles, objectives
 and main provisions which prompted the adoption of the
abovementioned European Convention for the protection             Whereas the abovementioned obligations are binding
of vertebrate animals used for experimental and other             upon the Member States in every respect;
scientific purposes adopted in Strasbourg on 18 March
 1986;
                                                                  Whereas, finally, the Community should deposit its
                                                                  instrument of approval and as many Member States as
Whereas the European Convention covers areas in the               possible should deposit their instruments of ratification at
Community's field of competence;                                  the same time,
Whereas the Community signed the Convention on 19                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
February 1987;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 31 of the abovementioned                                      Article 1
European Convention, the Convention is open for ratifi-           The European Convention for the protection of
cation, acceptance or approval by the Member States of            vertebrate animals used for experimental and other
the Council of Europe and by the European                         scientific purposes, as adopted in Strasbourg on 18
Communities;                                                      March 1986, is hereby approved on behalf of the
                                                                  European Economic Community.
Whereas it is necessary for the Community to approve
the European Convention;                                          The text of the Convention is attached to this Decision.
(') OJ No L 358, 18. 12. 1986, p. 1.                              O OJ No C 333, 23. 12. 1986, p. 1.
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                          Article 2                              for the Community and the Member States to deposit
                                                                 their instruments of ratification, acceptance or approval
The President of the Council shall, on behalf of the              at the same time if possible and before 1 August 1990.
European Economic Community deposit the instrument
of     approval    of    the     Convention      with    the      Member States shall inform the Commission before
Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, as provided           1 July 1990 of their decision to accede to or ratify the
for by Article 31 of the Convention.                              Convention or, as applicable, of the probable date of
                                                                 completion of these procedures. In cooperation with the
                          Article 3                               Member States the Commission shall set a date, which
                                                                  shall in any event be before 1 August 1990, for
Member States which have not yet signed the                      depositing these instruments at the same time.
Convention shall sign it at the earliest possible date and,
in any event, before 1 April 1990.
                                                                                             Article 4
Member States which have signed the Convention but
have not yet ratified it shall take the measures necessary       This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
             Proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision S6/649/EEC introducing a Community
                         financial measure for the eradication of African swine fever in Portugal
                                                      COM(89) 342 final
                                       (Submitted by the Commission on 19 July 1989)
                                                        (89/C 200/12)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                          from the entire territory of Portugal and thus contribute
                                                                  to the establishment of the internal market;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                 Whereas the Portuguese authorities have appealed to the
thereof,                                                          Community for an additional contribution towards the
                                                                  expenditure involved in the continuation and rein-
                                                                  forcement of the eradication programme undertaken in
                                                                  1987;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
                                                                  Whereas, in order to benefit from the results obtained,
Having regard      to   the   opinion    of  the   European       this request should be granted so that the systematic
Parliament,                                                       action already undertaken can be maintained and
                                                                  consolidated;
Whereas African swine fever          has been present     in
                                                                  Whereas in order to promote the implementation of the
Portugal for many years;
                                                                  eradication programme, arrangements should be made
                                                                  for partial pre-financing of the Community's contri-
                                                                  bution,
Whereas Council Decision 86/649/EEC (') has granted
financial support for a period of five years;
                                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Whereas by Decision 87/526/EEC (2) the Commission
has approved the reinforced plan for the eradication of                                      Article 1
African swine fever presented by Portugal;
                                                                  Decision 86/649/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Whereas the efforts already made have served to                    1. Article 6 (2) is replaced by the following:
stabilize the incidence of the disease; whereas the
resources deployed must, however, be maintained and
reinforced in order to eradicate African swine fever                  '2.   The Community shall refund:
0) OJ No L 382, 31. 12. 1986, p. 5.                                   — 50 % of the expenditure referred to in the first
C) OJ No L 306, 28. 10. 1987, p. 35.                                      indent of paragraph 1,