EU: Commission approves â¬188m to fight animal diseases in 2005
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The European Commission has approved a financial package of â¬188m (US$233.1m) to fight animal diseases in the EU in 2005. The EU budget for 2005 will tackle transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE
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The World Bank on Tuesday approved a $6.5 million loan to prevent further outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Uruguay and establish a system for tracking livestock to keep the country free of the virus.
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The European Parliament in Brussels approved a new team of EU commissioners Thursday with 66 percent of members in favor, the BBC reported.
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A European ban on exports of British livestock, meat and dairy products, imposed after the foot-and-mouth outbreak, is lifted.
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The European Commission said on  Tuesday it was satisfied with investigations carried out by  Hungary into the origin of the lethal strain of H5N1 bird flu  found in that country and a possible link to a case in Britain.
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The European Commission says a strain of bird flu which killed 2,600 turkeys in Suffolk is the H5N1 virus.
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The European Commission has proposed a licensing system that would make it easier for European generic drug makers to provide treatments against killer diseases such as AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis to developing countries, it said.
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The European Commission funds research on whether to lift its ban on feeding animal remains to livestock.
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BRUSSELS- The European Commission approved in the previous days to contribute EUR458.9m (almost Kc14bn) mainly from the Cohesion Fund on 15 transport infrastructure and ecology projects in the Czech Republic.
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The European Union council has officially adopted a proposal to eliminate all quantitative restrictions on the import of textile and clothing from World Trade Organisation countries from 1 January 2005.
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New EU-wide legislation introducing a pet passport will be fully applicable from October 1, the European Commission (EC) announced here Wednesday.
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A first-generation experimental bird flu vaccine for use in humans from GlaxoSmithKline Plc has won outline support from European regulators.
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Meat and milk from cloned animals seem to pose no special health risks, said a report released by the European Food Safety Agency. It was a first step toward the eventual sale of such products within the European Union.
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European Union  fisheries ministers thrash out a deal on national fishing catches for 2005.
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A national ban was imposed on movement of cattle, sheep, pigs and other livestock to prevent a further spread of the disease.
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Restrictions on animal movement imposed following the foot-and-mouth outbreak are significantly eased.
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18/10/2004 - Brussels commits â¬188 million to food safety issues in the Union linked to animal diseases, signing off the largest slice for eradication of mad cow disease.