Since the basic act providing for this legal basis is still in force, the legality of the powers vested in the Council in this act are not affected by the entry into force of the Lisbon Treaty and these powers remain solely with the Council’ (emphasis added) Similar wording was used in a letter of 15 November 2010 from the Director General of DG SANCO to the Chair of AGRI: ‘ The legal basis of Council Directive 2000/75/EC on the control and eradication of bluetongue is [to be] found in Council Directive 92/119/EEC, which provides that the Council may adopt specific provisions relating to the control and eradication measures for a number ...[+++]of animal diseases, amongst which bluetongue, acting on a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission.

The objective of the Commission proposal is to make the rules on vaccination against bluetongue more flexible, in particular by allowing the use of inactivated vaccines outside areas subject to animal movement restrictions.

Council Directive 2000/75/EC of 20 November 2000 lays down specific provisions for the control and eradication of bluetongue, including rules on vaccination.

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2000/75/EC as regards vaccination against bluetongue

For certain immunological veterinary medicinal products (foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and bluetongue) and by derogation from the provisions of Title II, Part 2 Section C on active substances the concept of the use of a multi-strain dossier is introduced.

For certain immunological veterinary medicinal products (foot-and-mouth disease, avian influenza and bluetongue) and by derogation from the provisions of Title II, Part 2 Section C on active substances the concept of the use of a multi-strain dossier is introduced.