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title: "Council Directive 79/9/EEC of 19 December 1978 amending Directive 77/391/EEC introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle"
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# Council Directive 79/9/EEC of 19 December 1978 amending Directive 77/391/EEC introducing Community measures for the eradication of brucellosis, tuberculosis and leucosis in cattle

## Article 1 {#art_1}

By way of derogation from Article 7 (2) of Directive 77/391/EEC, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guidance Section, may pay to the Kingdom of Belgium, at its request, for the eradication of brucellosis, an amount not exceeding 120 units of account per cow and 60 units of account per bovine other than cows, slaughtered in the framework of the measures referred to in Article 2 of the said Directive.

## Article 2 {#art_2}

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 19 December 1978.
For the Council
The President
J. ERTL
(1)  Opinion delivered on 15. 12. 1978 (not yet published in the Official Journal).
(2)  OJ No L 145, 13. 6. 1977, p. 44.