Foot and Mouth Disease Control Directive

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 85/511/EEC INTRODUCING COMMUNITY MEASURES FOR THE CONTROL OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE

Stage: No longer in force
Transposition deadline: 1 Jan 1992
Procedure: Directive
Last activity: 18 Aug 1990

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Directive 90/423/EEC amends the EU's foot-and-mouth disease control rules, banning prophylactic vaccination and requiring total slaughter of infected animals. Member States had to stop vaccination by 1 January 1992 and transpose the rules by the same date. It also sets conditions for emergency vaccination and tightens import rules for live animals and meat.

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