Translation of "fièvre de corée " (French → English) :

- B5-0367/2002 submitted by Mr van Dam on behalf of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities on foot-and-mouth disease and the football World Cup in South Korea;

- B5-0369/2002 submitted by Mrs Redondo Jiménez and others on behalf of the Group of the European People's Party (Christian Democrats) and European Democrats, Mr Kreissl-Dörfler and others on behalf of the Group of the Party of European Socialists, Mr Mulder on behalf of the Group of the Europe Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party, Mrs Lucas and Mr Wyn on behalf of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance, Mr Berlato and Mr Hyland on behalf of the Union for Europe of the Nations Group on foot-and-mouth disease and the football World Cup in South Korea;

South Korea has recently reported a number of outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) and the South Korean Government has put all necessary controls in place to contain the disease.

The Commission yesterday decided to lend vaccines from the EU antigen bank to Japan and South Korea to help combat an outbreak of foot and mouth disease in cattle there.