CELEX: 51988PC0588
Language: en
Date: 1988-10-21
Title: REEXAMINED PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ON A COMMUNITY ACTION IN THE FIELD OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS APPLIED TO HEALTH CARE AIM ( ADVANCED INFORMATICS IN MEDICINE ) - EXPLORATORY ACTION -

No C 299/18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 11. 88
              Re-examined Proposal for a Council Decision on a Community action in the field of infor-
              mation technology and telecommunications applied to health care — advanced informatics in
                                           medicine (AIM) — Exploratory Action
                                                COM(88) 588 final — SYN 95
              (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 149 (d) of the EEC
                                                  Treaty on 25 October 1988)
                                                         (88/C 299/08)
 1. Re-examination of the revised proposal                        — Article 3 (2), third sentence, reads as follows:
The Commission, pursuant to the provisions of Article                 'Within each project, at least one partner should be
 149 (2) (d) and                                                      concerned with health care.',
— having regard          to   the   proposal      from    the
                                                                  — Article 5 (1) reads as follows:
     Commission (*),
— having regard to the revised proposal from              the         '1.    The funds estimated as necessary for the
     Commission (2),                                                  Community contribution to the execution of the
                                                                      exploratory action amount to 20 million over a
-— having regard to the opinion of the Parliament (3),                maximum period of 24 months, including expen-
                                                                      diture on a staff of 12.'
— having regard to the Common position of the
     Council (4),
                                                                  — Article 6 (3) reads as follows:
— having regard to the position of the Commission (5),
                                                                      'the measures to be undertaken to evaluate each part
— having regard to the amendment proposed by the                      of the exploratory action by appropriate organiz-
     Parliament in the second reading ('),                            ations, groups and other bodies;',
has re-examined the proposal on which the Council has
based its common position.                                        — Article 8 (3) reads as follows:
As a result of the re-examination the Commission                      '3.    The Commission shall adopt the measures
                                                                      envisaged if they are in accordance with the opinion
modifies its revised proposal COM(88) 315 final — SYN
                                                                      of the Committee.
95 as follows.
— in the preambular paragraphs, in the decision and in                If the measures envisaged are not in accordance with
    the Annexes, medical and bio-informatics is replaced              the opinion of the Committee, or if no opinion is
    by information technology and telecommunications                  delivered, the Commission shall, without delay,
    applied to health care,                                           submit to the Council a proposal relating to the
                                                                      measures to be taken. The Council shall act by
— Article 1 (1) reads as follows:                                     qualified majority.
     '1.   An exploratory Community action in the field               If, on the expiry of the period which may in no case
    of information technology and telecommunications                  exceed two months from the date of referral to the
    to health care, called AIM, is adopted for a                      Council, the Council has not acted, the proposed
    maximum period of 24 months commencing on 1                       measures shall be adopted by the Commission for
    June 1988.',                                                      matters falling under Article 6 (3).'
— Article 2 (2), second sentence, reads as follows:
                                                                  2. Explanation of the position of the Commission on the
    'In work relating to patient information, the action             amendment of the second reading by the Parliament
    will place priority on the development of safe and
    reliable methods for the protection of medical                Amendment
    records, in particular against loss, data corruption or
    unauthorized disclosure.',                                    The Amendment had been included in the revised
                                                                  proposal but been rejected by the Council. While
                                                                  considering the II a option, of the Council Decision of
(') OJ No C 355, 31. 12. 1987.                                    13 July 1987 which lays down the procedures for the
(l) OJ No C 214, 16. 8. 1988, p. 2.                               exercise of implementing powers conferred on the
O   EP 118.173/final 2.                                           Commission (7), as the most appropriate for this action,
0)  RECH 164 PRO-COOP 108 7757/88.
(') SEC(88) 1231 final-SYN 95.
(4) EP 126.723.                                                   O OJ No L 197, 18. 7. 1987, p. 33.
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the Commission accepted the III a option of the common         be communicated by the Commission to the Council
position as a compromise.                                      forthwith. In that event:
                                                               — the Commission may defer application of the
3. Text of Parliament's amendment in the second reading            measures which it had decided for a period of not
                                                                   more than one month from the date of such
Article 8 (3)                                                      communication,
3. The Commission shall adopt measures which shall             — the Council, acting by qualified majority, may take a
apply immediately. However, if these measures are not in           different decision within the time limit referred to in
accordance with the opinion of the committee they shall            the previous paragraph.