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REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on serious cross-border threats to health PDF (289 KB) DOC (370 KB)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 42 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In order to ensure that the assessment of risks to public health at the Union level from serious cross-border threats to health is consistent as well as comprehensive from a public health perspective, the available scientific expertise should be mobilised in a coordinated manner, through appropriate channels or structures depending on the type of threat concerned. This risk assessment should be based on robust scientific evidence and independent expertise and provided by the Agencies of the Union in accordance with their missions, or otherwise by expert groups set up by the Commission. When experts are consulted, they should make a declaration of commitment and a declaration of their interests. The Commission should verify these declarations.
Amendment 49 #
Proposal for a decision
Recital 22 a (new)
Recital 22 a (new)
(22a) As there are various Member States where responsibility for public health is not an exclusively national matter, but is substantially decentralised, it is crucial to guarantee that national authorities involve the relevant decision-making authorities in the implementation of this decision in the Member States.
Amendment 87 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
Article 10 – paragraph 2 – point c
(c) where the assessment needed is totally or partially outside the mandates of the above-mentioned Agencies, on an ad hoc independent opinion. The experts concerned shall undertake to act in the public interest and in a spirit of independence. For this purpose, they shall make a declaration of commitment and a declaration of interests indicating either the absence of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to their independence or any direct or indirect interests which might be prejudicial to their independence. These declarations shall be made annually in writing and shall be verified by the European Commission.
Amendment 99 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – title
Article 13 – title
Recognition of emergency situations or of pandemic influenza situations
Amendment 100 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a
(a) situations of emergency at Union level; or
Amendment 101 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point b
Amendment 102 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
Article 13 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 3
On duly justified imperative grounds of urgency related to the severity of a serious cross-border threat to health or to the rapidity of its spread among Member States, the Commission may formally recognise situations of emergency at Union level or pre-pandemic situations with respect to human influenza at Union level through immediately applicable implementing acts in accordance with the urgency procedure referred to in Article 20(3).
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 13 – paragraph 2 – point d
Amendment 104 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Article 14 – paragraph 2
Amendment 107 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the competentrelevant decision-making authorities responsible at national levelwithin the Member State for collecting information relating to epidemiological surveillance as referred to in Article 6;
Amendment 109 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
Article 17 – paragraph 1 – point c
(c) the competentrelevant decision-making authority or authorities responsible at national levelwithin the Member State for notifying alerts and determining the measures required to protect public health, for the purposes of Articles 8, 9, and 10;
Amendment 110 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 19 – paragraph 1
Article 19 – paragraph 1
1. A ‘Health Security Committee’, composed of representatives of the relevant decision-making authorities in the Member States at a high level, is hereby established.
Amendment 115 #
Proposal for a decision
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
Article 19 – paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. The representatives concerned shall undertake to act in the public interest and in a spirit of independence. For this purpose, they shall make a declaration of commitment and a declaration of interests indicating either the absence of any interests which might be considered prejudicial to their independence or any direct or indirect interests which might be prejudicial to their independence. These declarations shall be made annually in writing and shall be verified by the Commission.