Activities of Johan VAN OVERTVELDT related to 2020/0320(COD)
Shadow opinions (1)
OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 establishing a European Centre for disease prevention and control
Amendments (7)
Amendment 8 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3
Recital 3
(3) On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak a global pandemic. From the challenges experienced in responding to the pandemic it became clear that the Centre’s role in the Union’s framework for health crisis preparedness and response should be strengthened in order to better use the potential of the Union's and the Member States' capacities to respond to future pandemics.
Amendment 9 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 a (new)
Recital 3 a (new)
(3 a) European action is targeted to delivering added value, in support and respect of the Member States' competences. Strengthening the existing Union level structures and expertise, ensuring coherence and synergies and avoiding duplication are essential.
Amendment 10 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 3 b (new)
Recital 3 b (new)
(3 b) The relationship between the ECDC, EU4Health, the European Medicines Agency and the WHO has to be performant, coherent and seamless and needs to avoid duplication and overlap, both regarding the mandate and the budget.
Amendment 27 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
In pursuing its mission, the Centre shall take full account of the responsibilities and competences of the Member States, the Commission and other Union bodies or agencies, and of the responsibilities of international organisations active within the field of public health, in order to ensure comprehensiveness, coherence and complementarity of action, to avoid duplication and to ensure that the principle of subsidiarity is respected.
Amendment 35 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point d
Article 5 – paragraph 4 – point d
(d) monitor and assesssupport the competent authorities in the Member States in their assessment of their health systems’ capacity for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of specific communicable diseases as well as patients’ safety;
Amendment 37 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5a – paragraph 2
Article 5a – paragraph 2
2. TIn close cooperation with the competent authorities in the Member States, the European Medicines Agency and other relevant Union bodies and agencies, as well as with international organisations, the Centre shall develop a framework for the prevention of communicable diseases and special issues, including vaccine preventable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, health education, health literacy and behaviour change.
Amendment 38 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
(i) support the competent authorities in the Member States to assess health systems’ capacity to detect, prevent, respond to and recover from outbreaks of communicable diseases, identify gaps and provide recommendations for the strengthening of health systems, to be implemented with Union support as appropriate;