COMMISSION DECISION of 7 February 1994 amending Council Decision 90/424/EEC on expenditure in the veterinary field (94/77/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 90/424/EEC of 26 June 1990 on expenditure in the veterinary field (1), as last amended by Decision 93/439/EEC (2), and in particular Article 24 (1) thereof,

Whereas Article 24 of Decision 90/424/EEC provides for the possibility of a Community financial measure for the eradication and monitoring of the diseases listed in the Annex thereto;

Whereas heartwater, babesiosis and anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects are present in the French overseas departments;

Whereas the specific health situation of the French overseas departments justifies the addition of the abovmentioned diseases to the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Veterinary Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The following indents are hereby added to Group 1 of the disease list in the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC:

'- heartwater transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments

- babesiosis transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments

- anaplasmosis transmitted by vector insects in the French overseas departments'.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 7 February 1994.

For the Commission

René STEICHEN

Member of the Commission

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

(2) OJ No L 203, 13. 8. 1993, p. 34.