Thursday, November 9, 2006

Over €11.5 million to tackle animal diseases in Bulgaria and Romania in 2007

A draft Commission Decision to allocate up to €11 506 000 to Bulgaria and Romania for the monitoring, eradication and control of animal diseases in 2007, was backed by the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health yesterday.The agreed co-funding will cover a series animal health programmes which were submitted by the Bulgarian and Romanian authorities to the Commission for approval, in line with EU veterinary legislation. These programmes are a crucial factor in preserving animal and public health, both in Bulgaria and Romania and throughout the EU. For example, Classical Swine Fever (CSF) is currently endemic in Romania, with over 500 cases having been reported there so far this year. In order to mitigate the risk that this poses to pig holdings in the rest of the EU, and to try to bring the disease situation under control as quickly as possible, the Commission has proposed that the EU should pay 100% of the Romanian costs of purchasing live attenuated vaccines against this disease. Likewise, rabies has almost been entirely eradicated in Western Europe, but is still prevalent in certain parts of Eastern Europe, including in Bulgaria and Romania. Therefore, the Commission has allocated €1.63 million towards rabies eradication measures in these two countries, which would be spent testing and vaccinating the wildlife responsible for spreading the disease. Surveillance for avian influenza, reducing salmonella in breeding hens and the application of mandatory EU TSE measures are among the other areas which will be co-financed in 2007, under this Decision which will be adopted by the Commission in the coming weeks.

For further information:
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1535&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/1537&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=fr

Source European Commission

linked programmes:

> More European grants

EU states are encouraged to implement national programmes for Roma integration

A report adopted by the European Commission calls for implementing national strategies aiming at integrating Roma population socially and economically. Roma population represents 10 to 12 million of people in Europe.

Youth enemployment: european efforts are required

Several proposals aiming at tackling youth unemployment are on the agenda at the European Parliament: a "European Investment Plan", reallocating EU structural funds for youth employment and a "European Youth Guarantee".

The European Parliament is funding your projects!

The European Parliament’s Communication DG has just launched a new grant programme, which will fund projects aiming at improving citizens’ knowledge of the role and functioning of the European Parliament. This 2012 - 2014 programme was...

Pre-accession assistance instrument (IPA): seven Western Balkan countries are given the possibility to participate to large scale flooding exercise in Croatia

During four days, exercises simulating a large scale flooding are organized in Zagreb for civil protection intervention teams from seven Balkan countries.

The EU launches a pilot phase on European project bonds

A pilot phase on European project bonds was decided today between the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament. This remains an important milestone, and the Danish presidency has therefore played an important role in the efforts t...

Subscribe to our Newsletter

Need an advice?
To place an order?

Contact
Marine Rossi at

33 (0)1 42 54 60 64

Click here to ask me your question in live