CELEX: 31974D0580
Language: en
Date: 1974-11-13 00:00:00
Title: 74/580/EEC: Commission Decision of 13 November 1974 concerning the supply of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine

No L 316/ 14                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              26 . 11 . 74
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 13 November 1974
                             concerning the supply of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine
                                                         (74/ 580/ 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 ;
Having regard to the Council Decision of 26 March                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
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
Having regard to the Commission Decision of 8                       3.1 (a) and (b) of the contract concluded on 8 October
October 1973 (3 ) determining the types of vaccine to               1973 and in Article 1 of the Commission Decision of
be supplied to the Community in respect of control                  12 June 1974 consist of :
measures against exotic foot-and-mouth disease ;
                                                                    — 250 000 doses of vaccine Asia 1 ,
Having ' regard to the Commission Decision of 13                    — 250 000 doses of vaccine A 22 .
November 1 974 (4) increasing the reserve of foot-and­
mouth disease vaccine for the protection of Commu­                  These vaccines shall, at the date as fixed pursuant to
nity livestock ;                                                    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,                                         Artic/c 2
254 rue Marcel Merieux, Lyon 7e, acting as agent for
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
the France-Iranian foot-and-mouth vaccine produc­
tion unit 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 , 13 November 1974 .
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                                                The President
made for the supply of further consignments of foot­
and - mouth disease vaccine ;                                                                 Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(') OJ  No L 106,  20 . 4. 1973 , p. 26 .
(2) OJ  No L 202,  24 . 7 . 1974, p. 38 .
(}) OJ  No L 308 , 8 . 11 . 1973, p. 21 .
(4) See page 13 of this Official  Journal .