10 Amendments of Giommaria UGGIAS related to 2010/2153(INI)
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 26 c (new)
Citation 26 c (new)
- whereas the WHO called an end to the state of alert concerning H1N1 influenza only in August 2010 (statement by the WHO Director-General of 10 August 20101),
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital B
Recital B
B. whereas the criteria for defining a ‘pandemic’, adopted by the WHO in 2009 in its guidance document on ‘Pandemic influenza preparedness and response’ and based solely on the propagation of the virus while discounting the severity of the infection, distorted the meaning of the word ‘pandemic’ and triggered a false alarm worldwide, with thled authorities at EU level and in the Member States to take inappropriate alarmism giving rise to inappropriate public health decisions and a disproportionate response among the public and administrations of the European Union and its Member Statesnd disproportionate public health decisions and gave rise to public alarmism,
Amendment 33 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital C
Recital C
C. whereas the exaggerated costs arising from the management of this crisis in the Member States are primarily a directto some extent a consequence of the EU’s lack of independence and critical acumen in relation to the risk evaluation conducted by the WHO,
Amendment 36 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas the expenditure committed by the Member States to the response plans drawn up is mainly in connection with the purchase of vast quantities of vaccines, and antiviral treatments, and whereas purchasing procedures have led to serious concerns in terms of transparency and public procurement rules compliance in several Member States
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital I
Recital I
Amendment 73 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital J b (new)
Recital J b (new)
Jb. whereas the serious accusations of conflicts of interest involving consultants/experts working on behalf of the European institutions need to be investigated in greater detail,
Amendment 109 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)
Paragraph 4 a (new)
4a. Calls on the Commission and the Member States to supply details of the following: (1) the number of doses of vaccine ultimately purchased by each Member State; (2) total expenditure on the purchase of vaccines in each Member State; (3) the number of doses of vaccine actually used in each Member State; (4) the number of doses of vaccine which were, respectively, placed in storage, the subject of reimbursement, and sold to other Member States;
Amendment 110 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 b (new)
Paragraph 4 b (new)
4b. Calls for steps to be taken to determine whether or not the European Union was involved in funding the purchase of doses of vaccine and/or in commissioning studies or research in this area;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8 a (new)
Paragraph 8 a (new)
8a. Calls for such conflicts of interest to be brought to Parliament's attention by means of an internal investigation carried out by the Committee on Budgetary Control with a view to determining whether payments to the aforementioned experts were made in a correct and transparent manner and whether the procedures normally employed by the European institutions to forestall such conflicts of interest were followed;
Amendment 141 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9
Paragraph 9
9. Calls foron the publication ofCommission to publish the names, roles and potential conflicts of interest of senior officials who are members of informal groups such as the EU’s Health Security Committee, the Health Emergency Operational Facility (HEOF) and the ‘vaccines’ task force;