40. Fully shares the view that the compensation system should not be limited to providing compensation to owners of animals that are culled in response to the outbreak of disease, but should be combined with risk-prevention incentives, on the basis of reduction of contribu
tions by farmers to national or regional animal health funds, in case they take extra risk reducing measures, which would also include promoting the use of (emergency) vaccination instead of stamping out, acknowledging that this would constitute income guarantees for the owner of the (emergency) vaccinated livestock; takes the view that the same principle should also a
...[+++]pply to Member States, as an incentive to reduce risk levels;