No L 325/8 Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 12. 80 COUNCIL DECISION of 11 November 1980 on financial aid from the Community for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardinia (80/1097/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (2), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas African swine fever appeared in Sardinia in 1977; whereas, with a view to ensuring protection against the possible spread of the disease and to contributing to its eradication, the Community has already given financial support to Italy under Council Decision 77/97/EEC of 21 December 1976 on the financing by the Community of certain emergency measures in the field of animal health (%), Whereas the disease persists; whereas the action taken must therefore be reinforced in order to attain the basic objective, which is to eliminate African swine fever from Sardinia; ’ Whereas the Italian authorities have called upon the Commission to contribute to the expenditure entailed in efficient implementation of a veterinary programme for the total and urgent eradication of the disease and in longer-term measures intended to safeguard the results obtained; Whereas a new and larger-scale measure which does not fall within the procedures followed so far should provide a favourable response to this request by granting initial aid to Sardinia with a view to meeting the requirements of the present situation; Whereas this eradication plan must include certain measures which ensure that the action taken is effective; whereas adoption of these measures and their adaptation | to developments in the situation must involve a procedure in which the Member States and the Commission are closely associated; (1) OJ No C 232, 10. 9. 1980, p. 3. (2) O] No C 291, 10. 11. 1980, p. 80. (®) Opinion delivered on 29 October 1980 (not yet published in the Official Journal). () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 78. Whereas Member States must be regularly informed in full of the progress of the action taken, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The Italian Republic shall prepare an emergency plan for the eradication of African swine fever in Sardinia and the restructuring of pig farming. This plan, which is to be carried out within a maximum period of five years, must comply with Article 2 and be approved in accordance with Article 3. £ Article 2 The plan specified in Article 1 must provide for: 1. rigorous eradication measures including the following;: ' (a) the slaughter of all pigs in the province of Nuoro, where the disease has spread; (b) the destruction or consumption on the spot of all pigmeat on the territory referred to in (a) and all pigmeat products excluding preserves in sterilized tins; (c) the cleansing and disinfection of, and the elimination of insect and rodent pests from, holdings and all places liable to have been contaminated by pigs, pigmeat or pigmeat products; (d) the systematic serological detection of the disease in pigs on holdings situated in neighbouring areas to the territory referred to in (a) or on holdings which could present a contamination risk; (e) the slaughter of pigs which carry antibodies of ' the disease and the destruction of their meat; (fy immediate and total compensation for owners whose pigs have been slaughtered under the plan;