I EF-rammebestemmelsernes punkt 11.4.1 står der, at »hvis en landbruger mister husdyr som følge af en dyresygdom, eller hvis hans afgrøder bliver angrebet af en plantesygdom, er dette normalt ikke en naturkatastrofe eller en usædvanlig begivenhed i traktatens forstand«.
The Community Guidelines state in point 11.4.1 that ‘where a farmer loses livestock as a result of animal disease, or where his crops are affected by plant disease, this does not normally constitute a natural disaster or an exceptional occurrence within the meaning of the Treaty’.