(x) Financial impact (annex): Standardisation of preserved milk together with a reduction in the intervention price for SMP is likely to lead to a slight increase in SMP production, while the bulk of the additional proteins obtained through standardisation will be absorbed by increased production of cheese and fresh dairy products.

Standardisation of preserved milk coupled with a lowering of the intervention price for SMP will probably lead to a slight increase in SMP production, while the bulk of the supplementary quantity of proteins obtained through standardisation will be absorbed by increased production of cheese and fresh dairy products.

The competent authority may also require laboratory tests such as immunocytochemistry, immuno-blotting, demonstration of characteristic fibrils by electron microscopy or other methods designed to detect the disease associated form of the prion protein.

(2) Fodder production under the scheme established by Regulation (EC) No 603/95 reduces the European Union's vegetable-protein deficit and its strategic dependence, helps to conserve soils in areas which are highly vulnerable to erosion, reduces the need for fertilisers and has stimulated the creation and development of an industrial sector and related activities, thereby diversifying economic activities in disadvantaged areas.

I. whereas the Member States have large areas of land suitable for sowing with grain and/or fodder legumes, since the available areas of fallow land, combined with set-aside land, would make it possible to develop cultivation with a view to boosting the supply of protein and energy for EU animal production and thereby reducing dependence on imports of soya and maize,

PROGRAMME CONTENTS A. Subprogramme "Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture": 1. Improvement of agricultural products - crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection; - proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture; - forestry production in humid and arid areas. 2. Conservation and better use of the environment: - appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, desertification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 3. Agricu ...[+++]ltural engineering and post-harvest technology: - agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation of products; processing of products; 4. Production systems: - multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plan products; inter-cropping; relationships between crop- growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments; B. Subprogramme "Medicine, Health and Nutrition in Tropical and Subtropical Areas" 1. Medecine: - transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological; - non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 2. Health: - health services research: operational research; plannng management and evaluation; - environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine - tropical medicinal plants; 3. Nutrition: - nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, food and social-economic strategies on nutritional status; - relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status; - bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology///.