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91/666/EEC: Council Decision of 11 December 1991 establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines

Official Journal L 368 , 31/12/1991 P. 0021 - 0025

Finnish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 40 P. 0003

Swedish special edition: Chapter 3 Volume 40 P. 0003

COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 December 1991

establishing Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines

(91/666/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 85/511/EEC of 18 November 1985 introducing Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease (1), as amended by Decision 90/423/EEC (2), and in particular Article 14 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas by 1 January 1992 all Member States must have discontinued routine vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease in their territory;

Whereas, however, in view of the high density of susceptible species in some parts of the Community, it is necessary to provide for the possibility of emergency vaccination in a limited area, in circumstances where slaughter of the entire herd may not be sufficient to eliminate the virus;

Whereas Community reserves of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine should be established, based on stocks of concentrated inactivated antigen capable of being quickly converted into vaccine for emergency use;

Whereas the antigen should be stored at four separate locations; whereas facilities for formulation, bottling and distribution must also be provided;

Whereas the criteria for the supply and storage of antigen and its conversion into vaccine should be established;

Whereas the national institutes responsible for maintaining the reserve of antigen should cooperate with the Community Coordinating Institute for foot-and-mouth disease vaccines designated by Decision 91/665/EEC (3) in order to ensure the potency, safety and stability of the antigen, and vaccines produced therefrom, and to ensure that the quantity and sub-types kept are appropriate to the risk, on the basis, in particular, of information supplied by the reference laboratory for the identification of foot-and-mouth disease virus designated by Decision 89/531/EEC (4);

Whereas Article 14 of Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (5), as amended by Decision 91/133/EEC (6), provides that the establishment of a Community reserve of foot-and-mouth disease vaccines may be eligible for Community aid,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The establishment of Community reserves of foot-andmouth disease vaccine shall consist of:

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  the supply of concentrated inactivated antigen by establishments designated by Member States,

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  the storage, in reserves, of the antigen referred to in the first indent,

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  the guarantee of rapid formulation, bottling and distribution by establishments designated by Member States.

Article 2

For the purposes of this Decision the following definitions shall apply:

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  antigen banks: appropriate premises, such as those designated in Article 3 (1), for the storage of Community reserves of concentrated inactivated antigen for the production of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine;

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Community Coordinating Institute for foot-andmouth disease vaccine (CCI): the institute designated by Decision 91/665/EEC.

Article 3

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  Antigen banks shall be established at:

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  the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright (United Kingdom),

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  the Laboratoire de pathologie bovine du centre national d'études vétérinaires et alimentaires, Lyon (France),

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  Bayer AG, Cologne (Germany),

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  the Istituto Zooprofilatico Sperimentale di Brescia (Italy).

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  The amounts and sub-types of antigen to be held in the antigen banks shall be as laid down in...

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