CELEX: 31981D0021
Language: en
Date: 1981-01-20 00:00:00
Title: 81/21/EEC: Council Decision of 20 January 1981 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)

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31981D0021

81/21/EEC: Council Decision of 20 January 1981 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)  

Official Journal L 043 , 14/02/1981 P. 0012 - 0013

++++COUNCIL DECISION  OF 20 JANUARY 1981  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 )   ( 81/21/EEC )  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 235 THEREOF ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,  WHEREAS BY DECISION 78/167/EEC ( 2 ) 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 SAID 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 ,  HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :  SOLE ARTICLE  DECISION 78/167/EEC SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   ( 1 ) IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 THE TERM  " A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS " SHALL BE REPLACED BY " A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS " ;   ( 2 ) ANNEX I SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 JANUARY 1981 .  FOR THE COUNCIL  THE PRESIDENT  CH . A . VAN DER KLAAUW  ( 1 ) OJ NO C 346 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 95 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 52 , 23 . 2 . 1978 , P . 20 .  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 COORDINATION 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 : EVIA  IRELAND : DUBLIN AND GALWAY  ITALY : TUSCANY , ROME AND EMILIA-ROMAGNA  LUXEMBOURG : LUXEMBOURG  NETHERLANDS : GRONINGEN  UNITED KINGDOM : BELFAST , GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL .  THESE COUNTRIES WILL CONTRIBUTE RESEARCH UNDER THE THREE TOPICS MENTIONED ABOVE . "