Declaration of the European Parliament on hepatitis C
Date: 2007-05-29
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: disease prevention, health policy, infectious disease, medical diagnosis, public health

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Expects that the future CAP will not only take into consideration the needs of the enlarged EU but
that it will also become easier to manage, that it will reduce the administrative burden of farmers and
national authorities and will support the market-oriented, environmentally sound production of safe pro-
ducts, while ensuring the future of sustainable agriculture;

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Invites the Commission, the Member States and all stakeholders to conduct a lively discussion and
submit forward-looking proposals in order to build a sustainable future of the agriculture in the enlarged
EU;

43. Welcomes the Commission's intention to draw up a long-term vision of the future of the CAP after
2013 that: would allow it to benefit from the exceptional opportunity for expansion presented by the
forecast that growth in global agri-food trade will be twice as fast as total expected growth in world trade
over the coming three decades; would seek to ensure that agriculture development is uniform throughout
the EU; and, through the combined efforts of the EU-15 and the new Member States, would enable agri-
culture to fulfil its role in terms of production and other activities;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission, and to the parlia-

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ments and governments of the Member States.

P6_TA(2007)0102

Hepatitis C

Declaration of the European Parliament on hepatitis C

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Rule 116 of its Rules of Procedure,

A. whereas 12 million persons in Europe are infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV),

B. whereas HCV is an urgent issue, being a disease which attacks the liver and leads to chronic hepatitis C

causing cirrhosis, liver failure or liver cancer, thus increasing the need for transplantation,

C. whereas as a ‘silent killer’ and ‘sniper’ disease, HCV is often not detected so that many patients remain

undiagnosed while the diagnosed patients frequently suffer from stigmatisation,

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C.alls on the Commission and Council to:

— recognise hepatitis C as an urgent public health issue and identify priority actions in programmes of

future Council presidencies;

— adopt a Council recommendation on hepatitis C screening, ensuring early diagnosis and wider access to

treatment and care;

— respond to the recommendations of its resolution of 6 July 2006 on protecting European healthcare

workers from blood-borne infections due to needlestick injuries (1);

— facilitate further research on treatment for hepatitis C patients co-infected with HIV and/or hepatitis B

under the 7th Research Framework Programme;

Instructs its President to forward this declaration, together with the names of the signatories, to the

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Council and the Commission.

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2006)0305.

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List of signatories

Adamou, Agnoletto, Aita, Albertini, Ali, Allister, Alvaro, Anastase, Andersson, Andrejevs, Andria, Angelilli,
Antoniozzi, Arif, Arnaoutakis, Athanasiu, Attwooll, Audy, Ayala Sender, Aylward, Ayuso González, Badía
i Cutchet, Bărbuleţiu, Barón Crespo, Barsi-Pataky, Battilocchio, Bauer, Beaupuy, Beazley, Beglitis, Belet,
Belohorská, Bennahmias, van den Berg, Berlato, Berlinguer, Birutis, Bliznashki, Bösch, Bonde, Bono,
Bonsignore, Bourlanges, Bourzai, Bowis, Bowles, Bozkurt, Braghetto, Brepoels, Breyer, Brie, Brok, van
Buitenen, Bulfon, Bullmann, van den Burg, Buruiană-Aprodu, Bushill-Matthews, Busk, Busquin, Buzek,
Cabrnoch, Calabuig Rull, Camre, Cappato, Carlotti, Carnero González, Carollo, Cashman, Casini, Castex,
Castiglione, del Castillo Vera, Catania, Cavada, Cercas, Chatzimarkakis, Chervenyakov, Chmielewski,
Christensen, Christova, Chruszcz, Ciornei, Cocilovo, Coelho, Corbett, Corbey, Cornillet, Correia, Costa,
Cottigny, Coveney, Creţu G., Crowley, Czarnecki M., Daul, Davies, de Brún, Degutis, Dehaene, Demetriou,
Deprez, De Rossa, Descamps, Dess, Deva, De Veyrac, De Vits, Díaz De Mera García Consuegra, Dičkutė,
Didžiokas, Díez González, Dimitrov K., Dimitrov M., Dimitrov P., Dîncu, Dobolyi, Doorn, Douay, Dover,
Doyle, Drčar Murko, Duka-Zólyomi, Ek, El Khadraoui, Estrela, Ettl, Evans Jillian, Evans Jonathan, Evans
Robert, Falbr, Fatuzzo, Fava, Ferber, Ferreira A., Ferreira E., Figueiredo, Flasarová, Foglietta, Foltyn-Kubicka,
Fontaine, Ford, Fraga Estévez, Frassoni, Friedrich, Gahler, Gál, Gaľa, Ganţ, García-Margallo y Marfil, García
Pérez, Garriga Polledo, Gaubert, Gauzès, Gawronski, Gentvilas, Geremek, Geringer de Oedenberg, Gibault,
Giertych, Gill, Gklavakis, Gollnisch, Gomes, Gomolka, Gottardi, Grabowska, Grabowski, Graça Moura, de
Grandes Pascual, Griesbeck, de Groen-Kouwenhoven, Grossetête, Gruber, Guardans Cambó, Guellec,
Guerreiro, Guidoni, Gutiérrez-Cortines, Hall, Hamon, Handzlik, Harbour, Harms, Hassi, Hellvig, Henin,
Hennicot-Schoepges, Hennis-Plasschaert, Herczog, Herranz García, Holm, Hoppenstedt, Hudacký, Hudghton,
Hughes, Husmenova, Iacob Ridzi, Ilchev, Isler Béguin, Jackson, Jäätteenmäki, Janowski, Joan i Marí, Jordan
Cizelj, Kaczmarek, Karas, Karim, Kaufmann, Kazak, Kelemen, Kinnock, Kirilov, Klamt, Klinz, Koch, Kohlíček,
Konrad, Kónya-Hamar, Kósáné Kovács, Krahmer, Krasts, Kristovskis, Kudrycka, Kusstatscher, Kużmiuk,
Lagendijk, Laignel, Lamassoure, Lambert, Lambsdorff, Lang, Langendries, Laperrouze, La Russa, Lauk,
Lavarra, Lechner, Lehne, Leichtfried, Le Pen J.-M., Le Pen M., Le Rachinel, Lévai, Lewandowski, Libicki,
Lichtenberger, Lienemann, Liese, Liotard, Lipietz, Locatelli, López-Istúriz White, Losco, Lucas, Ludford,
Lynne, Lyubcheva, Maaten, McAvan, McDonald, McGuinness, Madeira, Manders, Mann T., Mantovani,
Marinescu, Martin D., Martin H.-P., Masiel, Mastenbroek, Mathieu, Mato Adrover, Matsouka, Mauro, Mayer,
Meijer, Méndez de Vigo, Menéndez del Valle, Meyer Pleite, Miguélez Ramos, Mihalache, Mikolášik, Millán
Mon, Mitchell, Mölzer, Moisuc, Moreno Sánchez, Morgan, Morgantini, Morillon, Mulder, Musacchio,
Muscardini, Musotto, Musumeci, Napoletano, Navarro, Newton-Dunn, Neyts-Uyttebroeck, Nicholson,
Niebler, van Nistelrooij, Novak, Occhetto, Öger, Özdemir, Olajos, Olbrycht, Ó'Neachtain, Onesta, Oomen-
Ruijten, Ortuondo Larrea, Oviir, Pafilis, Paleckis, Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Panzeri, Papadimoulis,
Paparizov, Papastamkos, Parish, Parvanova, Patriciello, Petre, Pflüger, Pieper, Pīks, Pinheiro, Pinior, Pirilli,
Pirker, Pistelli, Pittella, Pleguezuelos Aguilar, Pleštinská, Podestà, Podgorean, Podkański, Poli Bortone, Pomés
Ruiz, Popeangă, Posselt, Prodi, Purvis, Queiró, Ransdorf, Rasmussen, Remek, Resetarits, Reul, Reynaud, Riera
Madurell, Ries, Rivera, Rizzo, Rocard, Rogalski, Roithová, Romagnoli, Romeva i Rueda, Roszkowski, Roure,
Rudi Ubeda, Rübig, Rühle, Rutowicz, Ryan, Sacconi, Salafranca Sánchez-Neyra, Salinas García, Samaras,
Samuelsen, Sârbu, Sartori, Savi, Sbarbati, Schaldemose, Scheele, Schierhuber, Schmidt F., Schmidt O.,
Schnellhardt, Schöpflin, Schröder, Schuth, Schwab, Seeber, Seeberg, Severin, Shouleva, Siekierski, Sifunakis,
Silaghi, Simpson, Sinnott, Siwiec, Skinner, Škottová, Smith, Sofianski, Sommer, Sonik, Sornosa Martínez,
Spautz, Staes, Stănescu, Staniszewska, Starkevičiūtė, Šťastný, Stauner, Sterckx, Stevenson, Stihler, Stoyanov,
Strož, Sudre, Surján, Susta, Svensson, Swoboda, Szabó, Szent-Iványi, Takkula, Tannock, Tarabella, Tatarella,
Thyssen, Ticău, Tîrle, Titley, Toubon, Trakatellis, Trautmann, Triantaphyllides, Turmes, Tzampazi, Uca,
Ulmer, Vakalis, Van Hecke, Van Lancker, Van Orden, Varela Suanzes-Carpegna, Varvitsiotis, Vaugrenard,
Veraldi, Vidal-Quadras Roca, Vigenin, Vincenzi, Virrankoski, Vlasto, Wagenknecht, Weber H., Weisgerber,
Wijkman, Willmott, Wojciechowski
J., Wortmann-Kool, Wurtz, Xenogiannakopoulou, Yáñez-Barnuevo
García, Záborská, Zaleski, Zani, Zapałowski, Zappala', Ždanoka, Zingaretti, Zvěřina