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( 1 ) OJ NO L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1977 , P . 78 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 227 , 18 . 8 . 1978 , P . 20 .

COMMISSION DECISION

OF 22 DECEMBER 1978

AMENDING DECISION 78/675/EEC ON FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE COMMUNITY IN MAKING GOOD LOSSES INCURRED FOLLOWING THE OUTBREAK OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER IN SARDINIA

( 79/79/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 77/97/EEC OF 21 DECEMBER 1976 ON THE FINANCING BY THE COMMUNITY OF CERTAIN EMERGENCY MEASURES IN THE FIELD OF ANIMAL HEALTH ( 1 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS BY COMMISSION DECISION 78/675/EEC ( 2 ) THE COMMUNITY UNDERTOOK TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS MAKING GOOD THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY OUTBREAKS OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER DETECTED IN SARDINIA UP TO 31 JULY 1978 ;

WHEREAS A NUMBER OF FRESH OUTBREAKS OF THE DISEASE HAVE BEEN DETECTED IN SARDINIA SINCE THEN ; WHEREAS IT IS IN THE COMMUNITY ' S INTEREST TO GIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TOWARDS MAKING GOOD THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY OUTBREAKS OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER DETECTED IN SARDINIA UP TO 31 DECEMBER 1978 ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING VETERINARY COMMITTEE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

IN ARTICLE 1 OF DECISION 78/675/EEC , ' 31 JULY 1978 ' IS HEREBY REPLACED BY ' 31 DECEMBER 1978 ' .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 DECEMBER 1978 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT