Conclusions of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 15 May 1987 concerning AIDS
Date: 1987-05-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union, Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: AIDS, EU action, EU body for police and judicial cooperation, action programme, epidemiology, exchange of information













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41987X0707

Conclusions of the Council and of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 15 May 1987 concerning AIDS  


Official Journal C 178 , 07/07/1987 P. 0001 - 0001 





CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES,  MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 15 May 1987 concerning AIDS (87/C  178/01)THE COUNCIL OF THE  EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERN- MENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING  WITHIN THE COUNCIL, I 1.    consider that, since AIDS is a public health problem, the fight against  this disease must be based on considerations of that ilk, and consider that the fight against AIDS  represents a priority 'international cause' in the field of public health;2.    reaffirm, in this  context, that the Community has a specific role to play in continuing cooperation with the Member  States and in consultation with the World Health Organization, while avoiding duplication of  effort;3.    confirm their particular commitment to full respect for the principles of freedom of  movement of persons and equal treatment as laid down in the Treaties;4.    consider it necessary,  by means of reciprocal information and appropriate coordination, to prevent contradictory national  policies from being developed in regard to third-country nationals;5.    stress the  ineffectiveness, in terms of prevention, of any policy of systematic and compulsory screening, in  particular during health checks at frontiers;6.    consider it necessary to prevent the development  of contradictory national policies which might give rise to discrimination;7.    authorize the  convening of an ad hoc working party of public health officials concerned, within the Member  States, with the fight against AIDS, with the participation of the Commission, in order to draw up  as soon as possible a common strategy leading to a plan of action and of coordination to be carried  out by the Member States and at Community level;8.    consider it necessary to create within the  Community a flexible and lightweight structure providing logistic support for the abovementioned ad  hoc working party and following up the proposals adopted by the Ministers for Health;9.    stress  the need for a permanent link with the research programme;10.    acknowledge the importance of  systematic access to reliable epidemiological data for preparing decisions to be taken at a  political level;11.    stress the need to draw up common methods of assessment relating to the  measures taken in the Community on proposals from the ad hoc working party;12.    authorize the  introduction of arrangements for systematically informing international travellers about AIDS; II  13.    instruct, on this basis, the abovementioned ad hoc working party:(a)  to focus its initial  proceedings on the following aspects:(1)  proposing a procedure for ensuring at Community level:    (i)  a rapid exchange of epidemiological data; (ii)mutual information about the scientific  initiatives and the technical, administrative and legal measures envisaged or adopted by the Member  States;(2)proposing common measures to combat AIDS;(3)drawing up methods assessment relating to the  measures taken in the Community;(b)to report regularly to the Council on its proceedings.