CELEX: 51981DC0338
Language: en
Date: 1981-06-22
Title: TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS N° 17/81 (Non-compulsory expenditure)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (81) 338
Vol. 1981/0108
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 ---pagebreak---           COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
GENERAL BUDGET - FINANCIAL YEAR 1981                 COM(81)338 final
SECTION III - COMMISSION
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 ---pagebreak--- GENERAL BUDGET - FINANCIAL YEAR 1981
SECTION III - COMMISSION
                           TRANSFER OF APPROPRIATIONS No 17 / 81
                           ( Non-compulsory expenditure )
FROM CHAPTER 100 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
TO CHAPTER 31     - EXPENDITURE IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
                                         V
Article 310       - Community action in campaigns against epidemics to which
                    the livestock of Member States may be exposed
                                 !
Item 3101         - EEC participation in the campaign against African swine
                    fever ; local measures
                                                          1.000.000 ECU
The Financial Controller approved this proposal on 7 May 1981 in accordance
with Article 21(4 ) of the Financial Regulation and certified that appropriations -
are available .
 ---pagebreak--- The appropriations of 3 million ECU at Item 3101 and 1 mHlion ECU for
the same item at Chapter 100 are intended to cover EEC participation
in the campaign against African swine fever in Spain , Malta and Portugal .
The legal basis is provided by ad hoc Council decisions . In the case of
Spain and Malta these had already been taken when the preliminary draft
budget for 1981 was established . The decision on Portugal was taken later ,
on 15 September 1980 C1 ).
The legal situation would have allowed the 1 million ECU appropriation to
cover EEC participation in the campaign against African swine fever in
Portugal' to be entered automatically at Item 3101 in the course of the
budget procedure .
However , since it remained at Chapter 100 of the 1981 budget , it must now
be transferred to Item 3101 .        '
The action to which the Community is giving its financial support is designed
to eradicate African swine fever from the whole Iberian peninsula and Malta .
To achieve this , programmes have been prepared by Spain, Portugal and Malta .
The programmes involve the following measures :                  '
- on farms : surveillance of livestock , swift veterinary action in the event
                of suspected outbreaks of the disease, utra-rapid laboratory
                diagnosis , quarantine for all suspect livestock , stamping out
                where the disease is confirmed , etc ;
- in slaughterhouses : equipment , official licensing , veterinary inspections .
                           etc ;
                                                                   ••■/ • • •
( Dec . 80/ 877/EEC , 0J L 250 of the 23.9.1980
 ---pagebreak--- - on the marketing side : official controls on the movement of animals ,
                           restriction and occasionally prohibition of
                           markets , hygiene controls on meatprocessing
                           plants .       ,
The presence of African swine fever in the Iberian peninsula poses a
serious and permanent threat to Community pig stocks . The disease is
extremely contagious and can be transmitted not only from animal to
animal but also via the meat or even via pigswilU Add to this the fact
the mortality rate can rise above 80 X and the danger is c learly apparent
As the disease spreads so easily , the best way to protect the Community
is to eliminate it where it occurs .
As regards Portugal , the Council Decision provides for a total financial
contribution of 5 million ECU towards the full eradication campaign
( about 10 % of the total cost ).
                         '       \            •
The scheme submitted to the Commission for approval i_n March provides
for a series of annual tranches , allowing implementation to be reviewed
and plans adjusted in the light of the situation . The aim is to eradicat
African swine fever in the whole area by the end of five years .
The estimated cost is 1 million ECU a year .
The budgetary authority is therefore requested to transfer 1 million ECU
from Chapter 100 to Item 3101 of Chapter 31 so that the funds earmarked
for the purpose can be committed for rapid action in Portugal similar
to that already taken in Spain .
 ---pagebreak---                   APPROPRIATIONS UNDER CHAPTER 100
                           AS OF 4 MAY 1981
                                     Total           Total
                                     appropriations  appropriations
                                     for commitments for payments
1 . Total funds allocated             407.079.000     369.019.000
2 . Appropriations already
    transferred                         6.160.000       6.160.000
3 . Appropriations in the course
    of transfer                        12.846.000       7.786.000
4 . Remaining appropriations under
    Chapter 100                       388.073.000     355.073.000