Expenditure in the veterinary field: measures to combat avian influenza, Community financial assistance (amend. Decision 90/424/EEC)

The Council took note of the information provided by the Commission on the situation of avian influenza as well as on the US initiative ‘International Partnership on Avian and Pandemic Influenza’. The Presidency intends to return to the issue at, one of its forthcoming sessions, in particular in the light of the discussions within the Council's preparatory bodies on the Commission proposal for a Council Directive on Community measures for the control of avian influenza. It recalls its aim to reach an agreement on the Commission proposal as soon as the European Parliament delivers its opinion (at the latest in December).