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( 1 ) OJ NO C 264 , 8 . 10 . 1982 , P . 7 .

( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 17 DECEMBER 1982 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .

COUNCIL DECISION OF 21 DECEMBER 1982 ON A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION FROM THE COMMUNITY TO THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE IN SOUTH-EAST EUROPE ( 82/895/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF 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 ( 1 ) ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) .

WHEREAS THERE HAVE BEEN OUTBREAKS OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE CAUSED BY VIRUSES FOREIGN TO THE COMMUNITY IN RECENT YEARS IN CERTAIN REGIONS OF SOUTH-EAST EUROPE ; WHEREAS THE DANGER TO COMMUNITY LIVESTOCK FROM SUCH EXOTIC FOOT-AND-MOUTH VIRUSES HAS NOT YET BEEN REMOVED ; WHEREAS , CONSEQUENTLY , AID SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE GRANTED TO THE NON-MEMBER COUNTRIES CONCERNED TO ENABLE THEM TO APPLY MEASURES DESIGNED TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF THESE VIRUSES , IN PARTICULAR BY THE CREATION OF BUFFER ZONES IN THESE REGIONS ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE COMMUNITY SHALL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAMPAIGN WAGED IN THE COUNTRIES OF SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AGAINST EXOTIC FOOT-AND-MOUTH VIRUSES . THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING AID TO THE FAO PROGRAMME FOR 1982 AND 1983 .

ARTICLE 2

THE COMMISSION SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUPERVISING THE MANNER IN WHICH THE AID PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 1 IS USED . IT SHALL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL AND TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS DECISION .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 21 DECEMBER 1982 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

O . MOELLER