CELEX: 51980PC0555
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Date: 1980-10-03
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 78/167/EEC adopting a concerted project of the European Economic Community in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities (medical and public health research) (presented to the Council by the Commission)

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                                              COM(80)555 final
                                              Brussels . 3 October 1980
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
         amending Decision 78 / 167 / EEC adopting a concerted
         project of the European Economic Community in the
         field of registration of congenital abnormalities
                 ( medical and public health research )
            ( presented , to the Council by the Commission )
 C0M(80 ) 555 final
 ---pagebreak---                         COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO THE COUNCIL
Proposal to extend the duration of the concerted project ( 1978-1980 ) for the
EEC in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities ( medical and
public health research ) to four years without increasing the upper limit of
expenditure commitment .
On 13 February 1978 the Council adopted a concerted project for the European
Economic Community in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities
( medical and public , health research ). The concerted project - which runs for
three years from 1 January 1978 and has an upper limit of expenditure com- .
mitment of 330,000 EUA - is due to end on 31 December 1980 ( 0J No L 52 ,
23.2 .1 980 ,- p. 20 ).             '                 -
Under this Decision , the Member States intend , as part of the rules and pro­
cedures applicable to their national programmes , to carry out the research
work ( as described in Annex I of the Decision ) and are prepared to integrate
that relevant research work which forms part of their national programmes
into a process of coordination at Community level , whereas the Commission is
responsible for the coordination .                                    •
The coordination applies to designated regional registers of the Member States
as well as to. their registration procedures .
Following the above-mentioned Decision , a Concerted Action Committee ( C0MAC )
was established in conformity with Article 4 . The first C0MAC meeting took
place on 25 May 1978 allowing to draw up suitable rules of procedure , to agree
on the project leader to be appointed by the Commission , and to elaborate a
feasible working plan .
The subsequent effective starting phase was delayed :                            . ,
- by the late availability of appropriations to finance the Community contri­
   bution to the coordination which made impossible the setting up of a cen-
                                       • -            v -,                 •
   tralized registry in 1978 , and
- by some administrative probl-iems at national level .
Consequently , no substantial expenditure     were made during 1978 , and proper
programme implementation could not begin before 1979 .
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  The progress achieved hitherto was mainly conditioned and characterized by
' the gradual ly increasing parti cipat ion of 1 regional ' regi sters in this con­
  certed project . 'Gr^efc^^n'd'Swi'tzerland' are just starting to cooperate within
  the COST framework .
  Therefore , an optimal coordination' of the participating national registers ,
  by using harmonized registration methods iri common , will not be achieved -
  before the end of 1981 .
  Continuation together with simultaneous expansion of the regions covered
  and continuous 1 extertSion' to i further congenital abnormalities will be taken
  care of withip.fhe frame of the third medical research programme proposal
  of the EEC which ,is , presently being drafted .
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  Therefore , the Commission requests the Council to adopt a decision extending 1
  the current concerted project by one year
  - without increasing the upper limit of expenditure commitment ;
  - adapting and completing the list of participating registers mentioned in
    the Annex to the Council Decision , in particular by the inclusion of a .
    Greek register .           J
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 ---pagebreak--- PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 78 / 167 / EEC ADOPTING A
CONCERTED PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF
REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
                                   RESEARCH )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community /
and in particular Article 235 thereof ,
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Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
                                J
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ,
                                   1  .    .       .. .
Whereas by Decision 78 / 167 / EEC   the Council adopted
a concerted project of the European Economic Community in the field of
registration of congenital abnormalities ( medical and public health
research );
Whereas , in view of the current stage reached in the work provided for
under the concerted project , an extension of the project by one year
would enable the best advantage to be obtained from the national efforts        .
being made ; whereas Decision 78 / 167 / EEC should therefore
be amended ;
Whereas the Scientific and Technical Research Committee ( CREST ) has given
its opinion on the proposal from the Commission ; '            .
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 ( 1 ) OJ N. L 52 , 23.2.1978 , p. 20 .
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  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS     :
                                        Sole Arti cie
 Decision 78 / 167 / EEC Is hereby amended as follows :
 1 . Article 1 is replaced by the following :
   ' Article 1
     The Community shall implement for a period of four years a concerted
     project in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities ,
     hereinafter referred as " the project ".
     The project shall consist in coordination at Community Level of the
     research described in Annex I , which forms part of the research
     programmes of the Member States .
2 . Annex I is replaced by the Annex to this Decision .
                                                    Done at
                                                     For the Council
                                                    The President
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                                       ANNEX
                                    " ANNEX I
         RESEARCH PROGRAMME RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL
                                 ABNORMALITIES
                              ( Concerted project )
The research will be carried out with the purpose of acquiring scientific
and technical knowledge in this field , selected for its importance at
Community level .                                      '
The research is expected to cover the following topics :
1.   Registration of congenital malformations as well as of inherited
     biochemical and chromosome abnormalities in selected regions of       ~
     the Community .
2.   Registration of twins and multiple pregnancies in selected regions
     of the Community .
3.   Relevant methodological studies in order to obtain an optimal co­
     ordination of both existing national registers and registration
     procedures .
The coordination will include the following regional registers of the
Member States   :
Belgium                 :          Brugge and Hainaut .
Denmark                 :          Odense .
France                  :          Paris and Morlaix .
Germany                 :          West-Berlin and Hessen .
Greece                  :          Euboia .
Ireland                 :          Dublin and Galway .
Italy                   :          Toscana . Roma and Emilia-Romagna .
Luxemburg               :          Luxemburg . .
Netherlands       -     :          Groningen .
United Kingdom          :          Belfast , Glasgow and Liverpool ..    ;
These countries will contriibute research under the three topics mentioned
above ."
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