2000/52/EC: Commission Decision of 17 December 1999 on a Community financial contribution towards the eradication of bluetongue in Greece (notified under document number C(1999) 4681) (Only the Greek text is authentic)

COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 December 1999
on a Community financial contribution towards the eradication of bluetongue in Greece
(notified under document number C(1999) 4681)
(Only the Greek text is authentic)
(2000/52/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field(1), as last amended by Decision 94/370/EEC(2), and in particular Article 3 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) outbreaks of bluetongue occurred in a number of regions of Greece since August 1999 and that one can expect new outbreaks till December 1999;
(2) the extension of the disease on such a large scale makes useless the slaughtering policy which had been previously adopted last year on more restricted outbreaks;
(3) it has been decided with the Greek authorities to limit the slaughtering policy to the clinically affected animals;
(4) the Community financial contribution shall be paid after confirmation that the measures have been implemented and that the Community veterinary legislation has been respected;
(5) the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee,