Press Release: Foot & Mouth Disease in Bulgaria: Commission partly lifts protection measures after successful implementation of EU rules

Using the new Comitology procedure for the first time, the European Commission decided yesterday to reduce the areas under restriction in Bulgaria due to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD). The new 'Comitology Regulation', which entered into force on 1st March, lays down the rules on how Member States can exercise control of the Commission’s implementing powers.

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ESO: Background information: Press Release: Foot and Mouth Disease: Commission adopts urgent protection measures after case in wild boar in Bulgaria http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-foot-and-mouth-disease-commission-adopts-urgent-protection-measures-after-case-in-wild-boar-in-bulgaria/

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