CELEX: 51983PC0553
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Date: 1983-09-29
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on a financial contribution to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute in Ankara (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                              C0M(83) 553 f in a l
                                                              Brussels,  29 September 1
                                       Proposai fo r a
                                     COUNCIL DECISION
         on a f in a n c ia l contribution to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease
                                  I n s t i t u t e in Ankara
                                                         t
                   (submitted to the Council by the Commission)
C0M(83) 553 f i n a l
 ---pagebreak---                              EXPLANATORY HBHOBAMDUM
1. Th8 Turkish authorities have asked the Commission for a financial
   contribution from the Community towards the new Foot-and-Houth Disease
   Institute in Ankara. The present Institute, opened in 1967, can produce
   only 8 to 10 million doses of monovalent foot-and-mouth vaccine per year,
   not enough according to the Turkish authorities  to ensure effective
   protection against the disease on Turkish territory. The new Institute is
   designed to produce at least 40 million monovalent vaccine doses per year.
2. In 1975, by Council Decision 75/776/EBC of 16 December 1975, the BBC
   granted the Ankara Institute an initial financial contribution amounting to
   1 million US dollars; this sum was used between 1978 and 1980 to purchase
   certain items of equipment (968 303 OS dollars) and to finance technical
   assistance (training courses and consultancy services: 31 697 US dollars).
   According to the information received from the Turkish authorities
   construction work on the new Institute is now at a very advanced stage and
   it is time to proceed with the procurement and installation of the
   necessary equipment.
3. The Ankara Institute has recently concluded a collaboration agreement with
   the Istituto Zooprofilattice Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia de
   Brescia, Italy, with a view to obtaining technical back-up for the project.
   Under the agreement the Brescia Institute is to provide its Turkish
   counterpart with technical assistance, notably in examining and selecting
   the equipment needed by the Ankara Institute to reach its production
   target, checking the satisfactory operation of the equipment supplied and
   installing it, producing and monitoring the vaccine and training Turkish
   staff. This collaboration constitutes a guarantee for the implementation of
   the project.
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4. The Turkish request this tine is for DH 8 344 000 (3 681 366 ECO);
   according to the study carried out jointly by experts from the Ankara and
   Brescia Institutes, this sum should be enough to cover the following costs:
   - acquisition of the equipment for the new Ankara Institute;
   - training courses for Turkish staff in the Community and technical
     collaboration between the Brescia and Ankara Institutes.
5. The Community has always made efforts to protect itself against the danger
   of exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus appearing on its territory as its
   livestock is not immunized by vaccination against these viruses. Hence its
   efforts, past and present, to keep outbreaks of this type of disease far
   from its frontiers. Since 1962 it has contributed financially totsards
   maintaining the vaccination buffer zone in south-east Europe along the
   frontiers between Bulgaria and Turkey and Greece and Turkey to prevent
   exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus spreading towards Europe. This is
   one of the routes which the epizootic diseases capable of threatening
   Western and Central Europe would have to take.
   It is therefore essential for this buffer area to be maintained. The move
   by the Turkish authorities to increase the present scale of foot-and-mouth
   vaccination on their territory and, above all, systematic vaccination along
   Turkey's eastern frontier will strengthen Europe's protection against the
   disease.
   The granting of the financial contribution to the Ankara Institute is
   therefore very much in the Community's interest.
6. The actual granting of the financial contribution is subject to the Turkish
   authorities agreeing to the Commission and Court of Auditors monitoring the
   use made of the sum awarded.
 ---pagebreak---                                          Proposal fo r a
                                        COUNCIL DECISION
                      on a financial contribution to the Foot-and-Houth
                                 Disease Institute in Ankara
 THE COUNCIL OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and
 in particular Article 43 thereof,
 Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
 Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
 Whereas the Community should take all appropriate measures to ensure its
 protection against the risk of exotic strains of foot-and-mouth virus
 appearing on its territory, particularly as its livestock is not immunized by
 vaccination against these viruses;
Whereas to this end the Community has undertaken, and continues to undertake,
 action designed to keep outbreaks of this type of disease far from its
f r o n tie r s by helping countries a ffe c te d to strengthen t h e i r preventive
measures; whereas, for this purpose, substantial Community subsidies have
already been granted to the countries of south-east Europe through the PAO;
Whereas these m a s u r e s have unquestionably made an effective contribution to
the protection of Community livestock, especially through the establishment
and maintenance of buffer vaccination zones in Turkish Thrace;
Whereas, however, the measures implemented hitherto must be reinforced if the
campaign against foot-and-mouth disease is to be improved;
Whereas, in order to achieve this aim, substantial work has been undertaken at
the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Institute in Ankara in orde^ to increase
significantly the production of vaccine by that Institute;
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 Whereas this work, mist be approved as it will enable Turkey to intensify its
 campaign against foot-and-mouth disease, having regard in particular to the
 undertaking given by that country to ensure the maintenance of the buffer
 vaccine zone against this disease in Turkish Thrace;
                                          1
 Whereas, by Counci L Decision 75/776/EEC   the Community has already made an i n i t i a l
 financial contribution to the Foot-and-lfouth Disease Institute in Ankara ;
Whereas the Turkish authorities have again asked the Coanunity to contribute
 to the Ankara Institute; whereas a favourable reply should be given to this
 request ;
 Whereas a technical collaboration agreement has been concluded between the
 Ankara Institute and an animal health institute in a Member State;
 Whereas the Standing Veterinary Committee should be kept regularly informed of
 progress on the project as a whole,
 HAS DECIDED AS POLLOWS:
                                       Article 1
 1. The Community shall make a financial contribution to a project at the
    Foot-and-Jfouth Disease Institute in Ankara, during the 1983, 1984 and 1985
    financial years.
2. The contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be for the financing of:
    - new equipnmnt for the Ankara Institute,
    - technical assistance and training courses for Turkish staff in the
      Community.
3. The contribution referred to in paragraph 1 shall be paid             by the
    Commission,up to the amount set aside for the purpose in the general budget
    of the European Communities, after production by the Turkish authorities of
    official supporting documents.
                                       Article 2
The Commission shall be responsible for monitoring the use made of the
contribution referred to in Article 1. It shall report to the Council and the
European Parliament on the implementation of this Decision.
At least once a year it shall also inform the Standing Veterinary Committee
of progress on this project.
Done at Brussels,                                               For the Council
1 OJ No L 326,   18.12.1975, p. 16.
 ---pagebreak---                             FINANCIAL                             STATEMENT
                                                                                                                Bit' : 22 June 1983
    1. budget heading : B 3803 Community c o n tribution to the                                                 approbations     : ^ 4 m illio n ECU
  _______ campaign against FMD outside the Community
    2.   title          Financial c o n tribution to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease I n s t it u t e in Ankara
    3.   legal      basis      :  council Decision
                                        Financing (a) the procurement of the equipment needed by the
                                                                       Ankara I n s t i t u t e
                                                                 (b) technical assistance
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            expendi ture                                              5.7 mi l lio n ECl I .07 million ECU 1.0 mi11i on ECU
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   5.1.1     E ST IMATED RECE IPTS
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                                                -equipment and i n s t a l l a t i o n costs                             DM 7.415 m illio n
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                                                                                                                         DM 8.344 m illio n -
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 ducing 30-40 m illio n doses of vaccine, i t w i l l not be necessary fo r the EEC to
 continue i t s c o n trib u tio n to the FAO fo r the purchase of vaccine to maintain the
buffer zone in Turkish Trace (approx. 0.22 m illio n ECU per year).
2 .The above cost estimates were produced by the Turkish A u th o ritie s with technical
    assistance from experts from The Brescia Animal Health I n s t i t u t e .