37 Amendments of Antonios TRAKATELLIS
Amendment 309 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 a (new)
Paragraph 115 a (new)
115a. Stresses that climate change will play a critical role in the increased prevalence of certain diseases, as a result of the inevitable changes in the nature of ecosystems, which will affect among others animals, plants, insects, protozoons, bacteria and viruses;
Amendment 310 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 b (new)
Paragraph 115 b (new)
115b. Emphasises that it is of paramount importance to acquire specific expertise on the effects of climate change on human health, especially in relation to certain infectious and parasitic diseases;
Amendment 311 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 115 c (new)
Paragraph 115 c (new)
115c. Stresses that although the main objective of the 2008-2013 public health programme is to act on the factors which traditionally determine health (diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and the use of drugs), it should also focus on certain new challenges to health and address the determining environmental factors resulting from climate change;
Amendment 317 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 116 a (new)
Paragraph 116 a (new)
116a. Notes that the collection and evaluation of relevant data on the effects of climate change on human health is of paramount importance in order to address effectively these effects;
Amendment 335 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 126 a (new)
Paragraph 126 a (new)
126a. Stresses emphatically that, in the long term, effective solutions to the problem of climate change will also come from scientific innovations both in the field of the production, distribution and use of energy, and in other, related fields, which will effectively restrict the production of greenhouse gases without creating accompanying environmental problems;
Amendment 524 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CA a (new)
Recital CA a (new)
CAa. whereas the European Environment and Health Action Plan 2004-2010 is definitely inadequate to address the environmental causes which affect health, especially those stemming from climate change,
Amendment 525 #
2008/2015(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital CA b (new)
Recital CA b (new)
CAb. whereas there are specially vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, newborn babies, children and elderly people who should be taken into account when the effects of climate change on health are addressed,
Amendment 59 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N
Recital N
Amendment 60 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital N a (new)
Recital N a (new)
Amendment 96 #
2008/2001(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Condemns efforts to portray the results of studies into the causes and effects of climate change as doubtful, uncertain or questionable; understands, however, that scientific progress has always been marked by uncertaintiesdoubt, their progressive elimination of such doubt and the search for explanations or models beyond the current scientific mainstream;
Amendment 17 #
2008/0218(CNS)
Proposal for a recommendation
Recital 20
Recital 20
(20) Patients and patients’ representatives should therefore be involved at all steps of the policy and decision-making processes. Their activities should be actively promoted and supported, including financially, in each Member State, but also on an EU level in terms of pan-EU patient support networks for specific rare diseases.
Amendment 24 #
2008/0218(CNS)
Amendment 28 #
2008/0218(CNS)
(1) implement a European Union common definition of rare diseases as those diseases affecting no more than 5 per 10 000 persons, as a number for the whole European Union, but it is very important to know the exact distribution for each Member State;
Amendment 38 #
2008/0218(CNS)
(c) establisharing Member States' assessment reports on the therapeutic added value of orphan drugs at EU level within the EMEA where the relevant European knowledge and expertise is gathered, in order to minimise delays for access to orphan drugs for rare disease patients;
Amendment 42 #
2008/0218(CNS)
6. Empowerment of independent patient organisations (1) take action to ensure that patients and independent patients’ representatives are duly consulted at all steps of the policy and decision- making processes in the field of rare diseases, including for the establishment and management of centres of expertise and of European reference networks and for the elaboration of national plans; (2) support the activities performed by independent patient organisations, such as awareness- raising, capacity-building and training, exchange of information and best practices, networking, outreach to very isolated patients; (3) include in the national plans for rare diseases provisions on the support to and the consultation of patient organisations as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
Amendment 44 #
2008/0218(CNS)
(2a) ensure that funding for patient organisations which is not directly linked to single pharmaceutical companies is provided;
Amendment 45 #
2008/0218(CNS)
(3) include in the national plans for rare diseases provisions on the support to and the consultation of independent patient organisations as referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2).
Amendment 12 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas overweight and obesity are becoming a growing epidemic and are a major contributor to the leading causes of morbidity in Europe,
Amendment 23 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D a (new)
Recital D a (new)
Da. whereas the WHO’s 2005 report on health in Europe analytically demonstrates that a large number of deaths and illnesses are caused by seven major risk factors, six of which (hypertension, cholesterol, the body mass index, inadequate fruit and vegetable consumption, lack of physical activity and excessive alcohol consumption) are related to diet and physical exercise, and whereas those health determinants must be acted upon simultaneously with a view to preventing a significant number of deaths and illnesses,
Amendment 32 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F a (new)
Recital F a (new)
Fa. whereas a healthy diet must be considered as one with certain quantitative and qualitative properties geared to individual needs and always in strict adherence to dietetic principles,
Amendment 33 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital F b (new)
Recital F b (new)
Amendment 83 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Approves the institution of the ‘High- Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity’ and the setting-up of the ‘Health Interview Survey monitoring system (EHIS)’, and of a Health Examination Survey (HES) where some physical and biological measurements, such as anthropometric measurements, will be collected, as effective tools for policy- makers and all actors involved to improve knowledge and the exchange of best practices; in the fight against obesity;
Amendment 169 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Further, asks Member States, local entities and school authorities to monitor and to improve the quality and nutritional standards of school meals and, to review portion sizes and to include fruit and vegetables in these meals ; asks for a total ban on the sale of foods and beverages high in fat, salt or sugar in schools; advocates instead making fresh fruit and vegetables available in vending machines; invites the Member States to ensure that more hours of school timetables are devoted to physical activities and to provide plans for the construction of new public sports facilities;
Amendment 306 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Acknowledges that general practitioners should be made aware of their essential role in the early identification of people at risk of overweight and the fact that they should be the main actors in the fight against the obesity epidemic; therefore emphasises the importance of carrying out systematic routine anthropometric measurements in association with screening for other cardiometabolic risk factors, in order to evaluate overweight/obesity co-morbidities at primary care level;
Amendment 327 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29
Paragraph 29
29. Calls on the Commission to develop European anthropometric indicators and guidelines on cardiometabolic risk factors associated with obesity in order to promote best medical practices as well as information campaigns on obesity-related risks and abdominal obesity in particular; urges the Commission to provide information about the dangers of home diets, especially if they involve the use of anti-obesity drugs taken without medical prescription;
Amendment 331 #
2007/2285(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 29 a (new)
Paragraph 29 a (new)
29a. Calls on the Member States to set up a system to ensure access to and quality delivery of service for the prevention, screening and managing of overweight, obesity and associated chronic diseases;
Amendment 2 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Citation 5a (new)
Citation 5a (new)
- having regard to the Health Programme 2008-2013,
Amendment 5 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the courses of action currently being followed by the EU as part of its first environment and health action plan (2004- 2010) (COM(2004)0416) - namely, the preparation of indicators, the development of integrated monitoring and, the collection and evaluation of relevant data as well as an increase in the volume of research - will probably allow greater insight into the interactions between sources of pollution and health effects but are known to be inadequate as a means of reducing the growing number of diseases related to environmental factors,
Amendment 7 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas it is virtually impossible to establish a mid-term assessment of the aforementioned action plan, since the latter pursues no clear, quantified objective and the total budget allocated to it is difficult to determine, and definitely insufficient for its efficient promotion.
Amendment 9 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the main objective of the 2008- 2013 public-health programme is to act upon the factors which traditionally determine health (diet, smoking, alcohol consumption and the use of drugs),; whereas this 2004-2010 action plan should focus on certain new health challenges and in addition address the determining environmental factors which affect human health, such as indoor and outdoor air quality, electromagnetic waves, nanoparticles and chemicals which are a cause for serious concern (substances classed as carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction [CMR], endocrine disruptors),
Amendment 14 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ga (new)
Recital Ga (new)
Ga. whereas there is increasing scientific evidence that certain cancers, such as cancer of the gall bladder, bone cancer, lung cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer and others are caused by the effects of chemical substances, radiation, airborne particles and other environmental factors,
Amendment 19 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital La (new)
Recital La (new)
La. whereas climate change will have significant effects on human health, inter alia by encouraging the development of certain infectious and parasitic diseases mainly because of changes in temperature and humidity and their impact on ecosystems, animals, plants, insects, parasites, protozoa, microbes and viruses,
Amendment 22 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Recital Ma (new)
Recital Ma (new)
Ma. whereas the number of persons suffering as a result of environmental factors is increasing and epidemiologies should be developed in order to obtain a full picture of diseases which are caused wholly or in part by environmental factors,
Amendment 31 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Stresses that, when it comes to assessing the impact of environmental factors on health, consideration should be given first and foremost to vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, newborn babies, children and the elderly;
Amendment 34 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Points that the EU needs to apply a continuous dynamic and flexible approach on the Action Plan and therefore it is of paramount importance to acquire specific expertise on the subject of environmental health, to be based on transparency and on a multidisciplinary and adversarial approach which would thus enable the general public's distrust of official agencies and committees of experts to be countered;
Amendment 53 #
2007/2252(INI)
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Notes that the limits on exposure to electromagnetic fields which have been set for the general public are obsolete, since they have not been adjusted in the wake of Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC of 12 July 1999 on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields (0Hz to 30 GHz)2 and, obviously take no account of developments in information and communication technologies, of the recommendations issued by the European Environment Agency or of the stricter emission standards adopted, for example, by Belgium, Italy and Austria;, and do not address the issue of vulnerable groups, such as pregnant women, newborn babies and children.
Amendment 3 #
2007/0259(COD)
Proposal for a directive
Recital 5
Recital 5
(5) The contained use of GMMs should be carried out in such a way as to limiprevent their possible negative consequences for human health and the environment, due attention being given to the prevention of accidents and the control of waste.