96/439/EC: Commission Decision of 18 July 1996 on a Community financial contribution to measures to control foot-and-mouth disease in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (Text with EEA relevance)

• Articles: 3

Article 1

1. The Commission, in cooperation with the FAO European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, shall take the necessary steps to make available to the authorities of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

- 250 000 doses of vaccine to protect bovine animals against the virus identified in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.

2. The Community shall cover the total cost of the action specified in paragraph 1 (up to a maximum of ECU 80 000).

Article 2

1. The Community shall cover 50 % of the cost of vaccination measures effected by the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia authorities under the surveillance of the FAO European Commission for the Control of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and the Community.

2. The measures indicated in paragraph 1 shall include purchase and supply of:

- necessary vaccination material (syringes, material for the cold chain, protective clothing, etc.),

- disinfectants,

- marks for animals.

3. The Commission shall reimburse Fund No 911100/MTF/INT/003/EEC for expenditure incurred in carrying out the vaccination measures indicated in paragraph 1 (up to a maximum of ECU 10 000).

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 July 1996.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19.

(2) OJ No L 168, 2. 7. 1994, p. 31.

(3) OJ No L 145, 19. 6. 1996, p. 19.