COUNCIL DECISION of 4 March 1991 amending Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (91/133/EEC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), and in particular Article 24 (1) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a financial contribution from the Community for the eradication and monitoring of the diseases contained in the list annexed to that Decision; whereas the list may be supplemented or amended to take account of developments in the health situation in the Community;

Whereas, in the light of these developments, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia should be added to the list in question so that a Community financial contribution can be obtained for the implementation of programmes for the eradication and monitoring of the disease,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indent shall be added to Group 1 of the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC:

'- Contagious bovine pleuropneumonia'.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 4 March 1991.

For the Council

The President

R. STEICHEN

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