October 20, 2003
European Commission Approved EU's Financial Package Worth €147m to Fight Animal Diseases
The European Commission has approved a financial package to fight transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) and other animal diseases in the EU in 2004.
The Commission also adopted funding provisions for the 2004 programmes to eradicate other animal diseases like brucellosis or rabies and prevent zoonoses.
The EU will contribute €54.29 million from its resources in the veterinary field for these programmes in the Member States and some Accession Countries.
The diseases targeted by the programmes have implications for both human and animal health and will possibly cause huge losses in livestock farming, which might result in barriers to intra-EU or international trade.
