8. 2. 94 Official _]oufnal of the European Communities No L 36/15 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 ('), as last amended by Decision 93/439/EEC (), and in partlcular 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 trans- mitted by vector insects are present in the French over- seas departments ; Whereas the specific health situation of the French over- seas departments justifies the addition of the abovmen- tioned 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 (') OJ No L 224, 18. 8. 1990, p. 19. () OJ No L 203, 13. 8. 1993, p. 34.