Title: Directive Introducing Community Measures For The Control Of Foot-And-Mouth Disease

Category: EU Directive

Date: 1985

Reference: 85/511/EEC [Full text]

General Description:

This Council Directive introduced Community measures for the control of foot-and-mouth disease. It defines the minimum Community control measures to be applied in the event of outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease, whatever the type of virus concerned, without prejudice to the Community provisions governing intra-Community trade.

Pertinence to Agriculture: Animals, Animal Health, Cattle, Deer, Goats, Sheep, Pigs, Diseased Materials, Foot and Mouth, Livestock, Livestock Health, Livestock Movement