No L 15/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 78 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 13 December 1977 establishing the Community criteria for national plans for the accelerated eradi- cation of brucellosis, tuberculosis and enzootic leukosis in cattle (78/52/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/391/EEC of 17 May 1977 introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leukosis in cattle (1), and in particular Article 13 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas when laying down, in Directive 77/391/EEC, the basic principles for Community intervention for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leukosis, the Council decided to establish subsequently the minimum criteria which the national plans for the eradication of the abovemen- tioned diseases should satisfy in order to qualify for a financial contribution by the Community; Whereas the first of these criteria relates to the acceler- ation of national plans, so that the campaign under- taken to eradicate the diseases in question in the Member States in which herds are still infected may be carried to a successful conclusion as rapidly as possible ; whereas to this end measures should be taken or strengthened, as far as possible simultane- ously, concerning, in particular, checks on livestock, the functioning of laboratories and the compensation paid for cattle slaughtered under the eradication plans ; Whereas it is moreover necessary, depending on the diseases in question, to iay down the conditions in which slaughter, isolation, cleaning and disinfection should take place and the use which should be made of certain animal products; Whereas it is also essential, in order to avoid the risk of reinfection, to practise strict control of movements of cattle, especially between herds of a different health status, and to make those movements conditional on certain tests ; Whereas the date on which Directive 77/391/EEC is to take effect should be fixed, (') OJ No L 145, 13. 6. 1977, p. 44. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : A m’cle Ji In order to qualify for the Community financial contri- bution provided for in Directive 77/391/EEC, each eradication plan referred to in Articles 2, 3 and 4 of that Directive must, in respect of the herds to which it applies, satisfy at least the criteria laid down in the present Directive. Article 2 For the purposes of this Directive, the following defini- tions shall apply: 1. in the case of brucellosis in cattle : (a) type Bi bovine herds : herds in whose case the previous clinical history and vaccination and serological status are unknown; (b) type B: bovine herds : herds in whose case the previous clinical history and vaccination and serological status are known and in which routine monitoring tests are carried out in accordance with the national rules for bringing these herds up to type Bs or type B4 status; (c) type Bs bovine herds: brucellosis-free herds =~ within the meaning of Council Directive © 64/432/EEC of 26 June 1964 on animal health problems affecting intra-Community trade in bovine animals and swine (?), as last amended by Directive 77/98/EEC (%) ; (d) type B4 bovine herds : officially brucellosis-free herds within the meaning of Directive 64/432/EEC; 2. in the case of bovine tuberculosis: (a) type Ti bovine herds: herds in whose case the previous clinical history and the tuberculin-test status are unknown ; () OJ No 121, 29. 7. 1964, p. 1977/64. () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 81.