Activites

• 1999/02/20 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 1999/372
  • OJ L 046 20.02.1999, p. 0001
• 1999/02/08 Final act signed
• 1999/02/08 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2158
• 1999/01/25 Council Meeting
• 1998/12/16 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0735/1998 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the recommendation in the form of a letter approving without amendment the common position of the Council establishing a Community action programme for injury prevention.�

• 1998/12/07 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• 1998/12/02 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• 1998/11/26 Council position published
  • 12009/1/1998 summary

    The common position of the Council incorporated 13 of the 28 amendments adopted by the European Parliament at first reading. The main changes made by the Council to the amended proposal by the Commission concerned the following points: - objectives of the programme: the common position omitted the references to specific groups of persons and different causes of injury, opting for a broader approach, thereby allowing a degree of flexibility in the programme's implementation. However, it added a reference, which was not restrictive, to injuries caused by home and leisure accidents, to emphasise the fact that account had been taken of the experience acquired under the earlier EHLASS programme. The definition of injury was also deleted; - consistency and complementarity: in view of the broader approach adopted with regard to data collection and the exchange of information on injuries, the Council clarified the scope of the programme; - commitology: the common position did not accept the procedure proposed, opting instead (as in the case of the programmes already adopted) for a mixed-type procedure, which reconciled the need for flexibility in managing certain aspects of the programme with the need to involve Member States more actively in taking certain important decisions, particularly in deciding on the arrangements, procedures and specifications for the content and finance necessary to ensure the implementation of the Community injury data-collection and information-exchange system; - programme content: the Council reorganised and condensed the content of the Annexes and shifted the focus of prevention activities to transnational schemes and those offering the greatest Community added value. This involved providing for a single network combining data-collection and information-exchange activities regarding prevention. On the data-collection side, the Council deleted the explicit references to intentional injuries, suicide and self-inflicted injuries. On the prevention side, prevention was now focused on transnational networks. Consequently some of the proposed prevention activities, which were more the responsibility of the Member States, were not incorporated, in particular campaigns and consultation exercises.�

• #2137
• 1998/11/23 Council Meeting
• #2131
• 1998/11/12 Council Meeting
• #2086
• 1998/04/30 Council Meeting
  • 2086
• #2084
• 1998/04/23 Council Meeting
  • 2084
• 1998/04/15 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1998)0229 summary

    In its amended proposal, the Commission has accepted 23 of the 28 amendments adopted by the European Parliament either in whole or in part. One of the main changes was the amendment concerning the improvement and development of the old ELHASS system for the collection of information concerning injuries which was fully incorporated into the proposal. The amended proposal also includes provisions to extend the definition of injuries to: intentional and unintentional injuries, suicide and self-inflicted injuries. It also redefines the target groups by adding references to particularly vulnerable persons, that is to say, women and children. Injuries in sporting contexts are also included. In addition to these fundamental modifications, the Commission has incorporated amendments concerning - the significance and scale of the problem of intentional and unintentional injuries and their impact in socio-economic and human terms, -the potential cost-benefit of the programme in socio-economic terms with regard to injuries and suicides, - the establishment of health indicators in areas relating to domestic and leisure accidents, mental health and product safety, - the rapid collection and utilization of information regarding injuries, - selection of the most effective preventive measures at Community level, - the epidemiological monitoring of injuries, - the cohesion and complementarity of the programme with other Community initiatives in the field of public health and research. Concerning the second system for the collection of information on suicides, the Commission calls for the introduction of a system based on the extension of existing Community networks (basically the IDA and the Community statistical programme). A new annex concerning the dual system for the collection of information is proposed based on improvements to the ELHASS system and the extension of existing networks regarding suicides and self-inflicted injury. The Commission also adopted the Parliament's budgetary amendment (increasing the total appropriation for the programme to ECU 14 million). However, it did not approve the amendments concerning comitology and collaboration with certain standard bodies (CEN Cenelec) or Community organizations. Finally, the amendment concerning information for the relevant authority on the labelling of dangerous products and the amendment concerning the withdrawal of products from the market were rejected since the Commission considered that they fell outside the scope of Article 129 of the Treaty (public health).�

• 1998/03/11 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0135/1998 summary

    In adopting the report by Mr Antonios TRAKATELLIS (PPE, GR), the European Parliament adopted amendments to the programme on injury prevention. Recalling that children and women are more vulnerable, it called for: -the programme, as a priority, to help reduce the number of injuries to children, young adults, women and the elderly, whether caused intentionally or unintentionally, or through suicide or self-infliction, arising from causes other than industrial accidents and road accidents; -the programme to comprise both epidemiological monitoring of injuries, in the form of continuous and systematic gathering of health data and analysis of risk factors, and the establishment of networks to gather and exchange information about injury prevention; -in connection with the implementation of the programme, the Commission, in cooperation with the Member States, to be responsible for the development, operation and parallel management of two Community information systems: the first on injuries, based on the existing EHLASS system, and the second on suicide. The data gathered should be comparable and compatible. In addition, as regards injury data, Parliament called for information gathering to apply, inter alia, to dangerous products, to enable measures to be taken (e.g. removal from the market of unsafe products). Additions were also made to the annexes, where the first category of actions to be undertaken was extended to women and new actions were listed in the field of suicide: collection of information, transmission of comparable and consistent data, exchange of information about the effectiveness of information campaigns aimed at young people inclined to suicide (particularly the establishment of psychological support networks). Parliament also called for greater coordination of statistics, particularly by improving coordination of the work of Eurostat with that of certain specialized bodies (CEN, Cenelec, ETSI, the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, the European Environment Agency, etc.). Lastly, Parliament: -in the field of commitology, called for the Commission to be assisted by experts and representatives of organizations with the relevant expertise, -called for the appropriation for the programme for the period 1999-2003 to be increased to ECU 14 million.�

• 1998/03/10 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Commissioner Flynn said that 23 amendments could be accepted in full or in part by the Commission, even though some of these extended the programme’s potential. However, the following amendments were not acceptable: No 21 (which was not in accordance with the wording of the comitology decision) and Nos 10, 14, 20 and 27 which exceeded the scope of Article 129 of the Treaty.

• 1998/02/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0067/1998
• #2056
• 1997/12/04 Council Meeting
  • 2056
• #2013
• 1997/06/05 Council Meeting
  • 2013
• 1997/05/29 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1997/05/14 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1997)0178 summary

    OBJECTIVE: this proposal seeks to establish a programme on injury prevention for the period from 1 January 1999 to 31 December 2003 the aim of which is to contribute to public health measures which seek to reduce accidents by: - encouraging dissemination and more efficient application of prevention techniques recognized by experts, - encouraging the general capacity of public health bodies to establish prevention actions. SUBSTANCE: In the framework of the programme, the objectives and actions to be implemented are as follows: 1) accidents affecting children, young adults and elderly people: actions seeking to help reduce the incidence of injuries from home, school and leisure accidents by an improved application of recognized prevention techniques; 2) suicide: actions seeking to help reduce the frequency of injuries resulting from self-inflicted harm by an improved application of recognized prevention techniques; 3) capacity as regards injury prevention: strengthening the capacity of public health bodies to set up prevention activities: . networks: creation of networks dedicated to the development of new approaches or innovative methods, exchanges of materials, guidelines and handbooks, organization of training activities, . campaigns: dissemination of information about prevention campaigns in Member States, assessment of their impact and transferability (data base), organization of competitions to identify the best injury prevention campaigns, organization of parallel campaigns in the Member States, development of basic publicity materials, . data about injuries: joint approaches to data definition, better recording of place of occurrence, behavioural aspects, etc.; application of relevant results of the International Collaborative Effort on Injury Statistics; examination and improvement of the coverage of existing data collection systems; inclusion of additional modules in existing Community-wide surveys; identifying the need for surveys; creation of a data base of surveys, . technical investigations of injury risk factors: collaboration between institutions with specialized knowledge; inventory of existing institutions, . consultation and cooperation: support for formal and informal meetings of public authorities, seminars, etc., . activities to increase the use which public health bodies can make of other Community policies for injury prevention: raising awareness of Community programmes and helping to set up transnational associations. Implementation: the Commission is to ensure implementation of the programme in close cooperation with the Member States. it will cooperation with the institutions active in this field. In the management of this programme it will be assisted by an advisory committee consisting of representatives of the Member States; Consistency and complementarity: the programme must be implemented in consistency and complementarity with the other relevant Community actions; International cooperation: the programme is open to participation by the associated countries of central and eastern Europe and Cyprus and Malta; Monitoring and evaluation: the Commission must ensure the monitoring and continuous evaluation of the programme. It will present an evaluation report to the European Parliament and the Council during the third year of the programme. A final report will also be submitted to Parliament and the Council on completion of the programme; Budget: ECU 1.3 million for the first year (the financial framework for the following four years will be set after the establishment of the next financial perspective). �

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1997)0178
• Debate in Council: 2013
• Debate in Council: 2056
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0067/1998
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0135/1998
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1998)0229
• Debate in Council: 2084
• Debate in Council: 2086
• Council position published: 12009/1/1998
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0735/1998
• : Decision 1999/372
• : OJ L 046 20.02.1999, p. 0001

History

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