Traduction de «Programme d'aide à l'expansion des troupeaux bovins » (Français → Anglais) :

However, the competent authority of a Member State may, for the Member State or part of the Member State where all the bovine herds are subject to an official programme to combat tuberculosis, alter the frequency of the routine tests as follows:

(9) Whereas Commission Decision 96/381/EC of 20 June 1996 approving the measures to be implemented as regards bovine spongiform encephalopathy in Portugal (6) refers to the principle, laid down in point 6 of the conclusions of the Council meeting of 1 to 3 April 1996, that a programme to control BSE and reduce the number of future cases should concentrate on removal of animals, or as appropriate herds, most likely to have been expo ...[+++]sed to infected meat-and-bone meal; whereas the main principles of the plan are:

(27) Whereas the United Kingdom put forward a first proposal for an export certified herds scheme to the Commission on 25 February 1997; whereas the Scientific Veterinary Committee concluded at its meeting of 11 June 1997 that that proposal was not adequate; whereas the United Kingdom put forward a modified proposal dated 1 July 1997; whereas the Scientific Veterinary Committee issued an opinion on that revised proposal on 17 September 1997 stating that the major obstacle to approving the scheme for the entire territory of the United Kingdom was the lack of a comprehensive computerised movement and tracing system and associated dat ...[+++]abase for live cattle in Great Britain but that an adequate system did appear to exist in Northern Ireland; whereas the Committee concluded furthermore that small modifications could be made to minor aspects of the scheme at the request of the competent Commission departments in order to comply with certification or control requirements; whereas the Food and Veterinary Office conducted a feasibility inspection in Northern Ireland from 3 to 7 November 1997; whereas the United Kingdom has agreed to further improvements in line with the recommendations made following that inspection; whereas, therefore, a partial lifting of the prohibition on the dispatch of products from bovine animals slaughtered in Northern Ireland is appropriate;

Referring to the Export Certified Herd Scheme which would lead to an easing of the export ban on beef from herds in Northern Ireland which meet a strict set of criteria, together with a tightening of controls to avoid illegal exports of beef, Mr FISCHLER said that the proposal has been fully endorsed scientifically and is designed to ensure maximum protection for human and animal health.

* In judgements handed down on 28 April, the Court of Justice of the European Communities found Regulation (EEC) No 857/84 void in respect of its failure to provide for allocation of reference quantities (quotas) to farmers who had drawn milk non-marketing and dairy herd conversion premiums under Regulation (EEC) No 1078/77.

Senator Mercer: The Government of Canada and provincial governments put over $460 million into the BSE Recovery Program announced in June, and other incentives brought the total for the beef industry to almost $800 million, not including yesterday's announcement.