CELEX: 51993PC0325
Language: en
Date: 1993-07-09
Title: Amended Proposal for a Council decision on the introduction of a Community information system on domestic and leisure accidents

10 . 8 . 93                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No C 215 / 17
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                 COMMISSION
              Amended proposal for a Council Decision on the introduction of a Community information
                                         system on domestic and leisure accidents (*)
                                                         (93/C 215 /24)
                                                       COM(93) 325 final
               (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 12 July 1993)
               O OJ No C 59, 2. 3 . 1993, p. 10.
                       ORIGINAL TEXT                                                      AMENDED TEXT
                                                          Fifth Recital
Whereas the Community aspects of the collection of data             Whereas the Community aspects of the collection of data
oblige the Member States to use a homogeneous metho­                oblige the Member States to use a homogeneous metho­
dology for the collection and production of information             dology for the collection and production of information
for transmission to the Commission ; whereas this                   for transmission to the Commission ; whereas this
constraint is not disproportionate to the objective                 constraint is not disproportionate to the objective
pursued ;                                                           pursued ; whereas the system is of a character and nature
                                                                    which makes it unfit as a statistical instrument, this must
                                                                    clearly be stated whenever reference is made to the
                                                                    European Community's Ehlass scheme ;
                                                          Article 1 (3)
This Decision shall not apply to industrial accidents, nor          This Decision shall not apply to accidents at work, nor
to road, rail, sea or air traffic accidents .                       to road, rail, sea or air traffic accidents.
                                                  Article 2 is unchanged
                                                          Article 3 (3)
 \fter receiving the annual reports, it shall ensure that the       The Commission shall each year process, summarize and
 data are processed, summarized and disseminated at                 publish the data received from the Member States and
 Community level in an appropriate manner.                          disseminate it at Community level in an appropriate
                                                                    manner .
                                                                                           Article 3 (4)
                                                                                               (New)
                                                                    The Commission shall report where in its view the data
                                                                    provided by the Member States is not compatible with
                                                                    the methodology agreed or where Member States have
                                                                    failed to provide the agreed data.
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                   ORIGINAL TEXT                                                 AMENDED TEXT
                                                                                   Article 4 (2)
                                                                                       (New)
                                                             Each Member State shall enhance the transparency of
                                                             the use of Community funds by publishing annually in
                                                             their own Member State their report on the Ehlass data
                                                             forwarded to the Commission .
                                                                                    Article 5 (2)
                                                                                       (New)
                                                             Any attributed use of Ehlass data in Member States shall
                                                             be accompanied by the words 'The European
                                                             Community's Ehlass scheme provides general guidance
                                                             only and should not be taken as statistical proof of the
                                                             safety or otherwise of any given product.'
                               There are no changes to Articles 6 , 7 and 8
                                       Annex I , point 1 is not changed
                                                Annex I point 2 ( 1 )
The basic information shall be obtained from the             The basic information shall be obtained from the
casualty departments of hospitals selected by the            casualty departments of hospitals selected by the
Member States in accordance with the limits specified at     Member States in accordance with the limits specified at
point 4.                                                     point 4. Such hospitals should as far as possible represent
                                                             proportionately both rural and urban communities.
                          There are no changes to points 3 to 5 and Annex II .