Chapter 2U.K.The campaign against foot-and-mouth disease
Article 11U.K.
1.The provisions of this Article shall apply in the event of the occurrence of foot-and-mouth disease in the territory of a Member State.
2.The Member State concerned shall obtain a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication of foot-and-mouth disease, on condition that the measures provided for in Article 3 (2) and the appropriate provisions of Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease(1), as amended by Directive 90/423/EEC(2), are applied immediately.
3.Article 3 (3) shall apply.
4.Without prejudice to the measures to be taken in the context of the common organization of the market to support the market, the specific financial contribution under this Decision shall be equal to 60 % of the costs incurred by the Member State in:
(a)compensating owners for:
the slaughter and destruction of animals,
the destruction of milk,
the cleaning and disinfection of holdings,
the destruction of contaminated feedingstuffs and, where it cannot be disinfected, contaminated equipment,
losses incurred by farmers as a result of restrictions imposed on the marketing of livestock and pasture-fattened animals as a result of the reintroduction of emergency vaccination, in accordance with the penultimate subparagraph of Article 13 (3) of Directive 85/511/EEC;
(b)Where applicable, the transport of carcases to processing plants;
(c)any other measures which are essential for the eradication of the outbreak of the disease.
The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 41, define the nature of the other measures referred to in (c) which may be eligible for the same financial contribution by the Community and the cases in which point (a) (v) shall apply.
5.For the first time not later than 45 days after official confirmation of the first outbreak of foot-and-mout disease, and subsequently as and when required by the turn of events, the situation shall be re-examined within the Committee referred to in Article 42. This examination shall cover both the veterinary situation and the estimated expenditure already incurred or committed. Following this examination, a new decision concerning the financial contribution by the Community, which may exceed the figure of 60 % laid down in paragraph 4, may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 42. This decision shall set out the eligible costs and the level of the financial contribution by the Community. In addition, when this decision is adopted, any measures which the Member State concerned must take in order to ensure the success of the action may be adopted, in particular measures other than those referred to in paragraph 2.
6.However, by way of derogation from paragraph 4, the specific financial contribution by the Community for the measures referred to in that paragraph shall be 70 % until [F11 January 1998].
Textual Amendments
Article 12U.K.
Any measure decided by the Community to assist the campaign against foot-and-mouth disease outside the Community, in particular measures taken pursuant to Article 6 and 8, may receive a Community financial contribution.
Article 13U.K.
The measures and the rules for the implementation of the measures referred to in Article 12, the conditions to which they may be subject and the level of financial contribution by the Community shall be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 42.
Article 14U.K.
Community aid may be granted to set up a Community reserve of anti-foot-and-mouth disease vaccines as provided for in Article 14 (2) of Directive 85/511/EEC.
The level of Community participation and the conditions to which such participation may be subject shall be determined in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 42.
Article 15U.K.
The appropriations required for measures as specified in Articles 12, 13 and 14 shall be decided each year as part of the budgetary procedure.
Should a serious outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease necessitate expenditure under the provisions of this chapter in excess of the appropriations determined in accordance with the first subparagraph, the Commission will take the necessary measures within its existing powers or put forward to the budgetary authority the necessary proposals to ensure that the financial commitments in relation to Article 11 are fulfilled.
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Textual Amendments
See p. 13 of this Official Journal.