AUSTRIA: COSTS OF FIGHT AGAINST BSE

Article Abstract:

The Austrian government has announced an agreement with state governments concerning the sharing of costs of preventing BSE. About 65,000 heads of cattle in Austria have been tested for BSE since the beginning of 2001, with no case of BSE detected. The government estimates the costs at Sch 700mn, of which Sch 200mn is carried by the Austrian government, while Sch 250mn comes from the so-called catastrophe fund. Of this amount, the federal government will contribute 60% and the state governments 40%. The remaining Sch 250mn should come from the introduction or raising of fees at slaughterhouses and carcass handling facilities and from BSE tests. Some heads of regional states have protested against the division of the costs, saying that they have not been consulted.

Government expenditures

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Austria: Hill farmers get higher subsidies

Article Abstract:

The basic subsidy for hill farmers in Austria has been increased from 10 October 2001 to a total of Sch 3.8bn, Sch 1bn more than it was before. Because the extra subsidy was approved by the EU even though it was not on the budget for 2001, it can be added to the budget for 2002. The environment also received Sch 500mn more in 2001 than in 2000, bringing the total to Sch 8bn.

Waste Management and Remediation Services, Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs, Taxes, Pollution Control, Sheep and goats, Sheep & Goats, Sheep and Goat Farming, Sanitary Services, Environmental Programs, Livestock industry, Environmental policy

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EU: Denmark wants to keep strict control

Article Abstract:

Denmark does not wish to slacken the present BSE control as proposed by the EU Commission. However, according to Danish minister of food Mariann Fischer Boel, the EU proposal will probably be stopped by the EU veterinary committee.

European Union, International economic relations

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