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# 41992X0612(02)

**Conclusions of the Council and the Ministers for Health of the Member States, meeting within the Council of 15 May 1992 on hereditary illnesses** 
  
*Official Journal C 148 , 12/06/1992 P. 0003 - 0003*

  

CONCLUSIONS OF THE COUNCIL AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL of 15 May 1992 on hereditary illnesses (92/C 148/03)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND THE MINISTERS FOR HEALTH OF THE MEMBER STATES, MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL,

CONSIDERING the importance of hereditary and genetic illnesses in the general context of health problems,

CONSIDERING the repercussions which such illnesses have, particularly on the economic and social levels, and the effects which they may have on future generations,

WHEREAS, in addition to research actions, the Community is already adopting in other spheres measures which contribute to the prevention of those illnesses, in so far as they are aimed at eliminating attendant risk factors,

WHEREAS cooperation with the international organizations active in this area and among the various national bodies may contribute to the increased effectiveness of resources and knowledge concerning all the problems connected with the prevention of those illnesses,

HAVING REGARD not only to the health aspects but also to the particular ethical, legal, economic and social aspects of those problems,

NOTE with interest the memorandum submitted by the Portuguese delegation concerning hereditary and genetic illnesses,

BELIEVE that it is important to enhance the role of epidemiological research on genetic illnesses in the framework of Community and international research programmes in the fields of biomedicine and health,

EMPHASIZE that the pooling of data and results from the various national and Community actions connected with the elimination of risk factors may facilitate the fight against hereditary illnesses,

CONSIDER that matters connected with the fight against such illnesses, notably the need for cooperation among the Member States, should be the subject of discussions in the context of future Community policies on health.

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