No L 173/18 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 6. 82 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 14 June 1982 amending Directive 77/391/EEC and introducing a supplementary Community measure for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (82/400/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commis- sion (%), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Council Directive 77/391/EEC of 17 May 1977 introducing Community measures for the eradi- cation of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle (*), as last amended by Directive 81/476/EEC (), restricted the duration of the measures to three years ; Whereas, in view of the results obtained and of the satisfactory progress of the programmes presented by the Member States, a supplementary two-year measure should be arranged and its financing provided for, in order to achieve the objectives set; Whereas Article 29 (3) of Council Directive 78/52/EEC of 13 December 1977 establishing the Community criteria for national plans for the accele- rated eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and enzootic leucosis in cattle () provided that the three- year period originally agreed should begin on the date fixed by the Commission in its decision approving the national eradication plans; whereas, accordingly, the original plans of the Member States, except those for Italy and Greece, expire, for each Member State, on differing dates in 1981 ; whereas, in order to leave time for technical and financial adaptation in connection with the new measure, the duration of the original plans coming to completion in 1981 should be extended to 31 December 1981 inclusive ; Whereas, in order to enable any alterations to the original plans necessitated by the epizootiological development of the diseases concerned to be made with a view to successful completion of the measures undertaken, the Member States must prepare new () OJ No C 289, 11. 11. 1981, p. 4. () OJ No C 40, 15. 2. 1982, p. 26. () OJ No C 112, 3. 5. 1982, p. 8. () O] No L 145, 13. 6. 1977, p. 44. 5 O] No L 186, 8. 7. 1981, p. 20. (9 O] No L 15, 19. 1. 1978, p. 34. plans ; whereas the duration of execution of the new plans must be calculated so that in each case the entire scheme, that is the original plan and the new plan, covers a total period of five years, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The following paragraph is hereby added to Article 6 of Directive 77/391/EEC: ‘3. However, for the Member States whose three- year plans expire in the course of 1981, the three- year period shall be extended to 31 December 1981’ Article 2 1. A Community measure is hereby established with a view to completing the eradication of brucel- losis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle. 2. The duration of the supplementary measure shall be fixed so that the total duration of the measure introduced by Directive 77/391/EEC together with the supplementary measure shall be five years. 3. The Community shall make a financial contribu- tion to the implementation of the supplementary measure. Article 3 1. Member States shall prepare new accelerated eradication plans in accordance with Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Directive 77/391/EEC and with the criteria esta- blished by Directive 78/52/EEC so as to ensure conti- nuity with the measures put in hand under their original plans, taking account of results achieved and of any necessary adjustments. 2. The new plans shall be communicated to the Commission at the latest two months after notification of this Directive in the case of Belgium, Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and before 1 January 1983 in the case of Italy and Greece.