CELEX: 51995PC0005
Language: fi
Date: 1995-01-13
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION AMENDING DECISION 94/3092/EC INTRODUCING A COMMUNITY SYSTEM OF INFORMATION ON HOME AND LEISURE ACCIDENTS

EUROOPAN YHTEISÖJEN KOMISSIO
                                     KOM(95) 5 lopull.
                                     Bryssel, 13.01.1995
                     EHDOTUS
              NEUVOSTON PÄÄTÖS
  KOTI- JA VAPAA-AJAN TAPATURMIA KOSKEVASTA
          YHTEISÖN TIETOJÄRJESTELMÄSTÄ
  TEHDYN PÄÄTÖKSEN 94/3092/EY MUUTTAMISESTA
                  (komission antama)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                           EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
The aim of this proposal for a Council Decision amending Decision 94/3092/EC
introducing a Community system of information on home and leisure accidents, is to
make the adjustments required by the accession of new Member States to the Community.
These adjustments are designed to ensure that, from 1995 onwards, the new Member
States have the appropriate instruments for conducting an accident prevention policy. This
will involve collecting and disseminating information on home and leisure accidents to
the relevant authorities and organisations at national and Community level.
The method of collecting data from hospital casualty departments has been chosen for the
new Member States, since it corresponds to the collection methods currently used by these
States.
The number of hospitals varies between 2 and 5 for existing Member States whose
population is less than or equal to 10 million. The number of hospitals for each new
Member State has been set in accordance with the size of its population and the
distribution thereof over its territory. Accordingly, 3 hospitals will be selected for the new
Member States with a population of approximately 5 million inhabitants, and 4 for those
with a population of between 5 and 10 million inhabitants.
These figures do not prejudge the content of the report and any amending proposals,
which the Commission will have to submit in 1995, in particular as regards the allocation
to the Member States of the hospitals which are to participate in the system from 1996
onwards, the aim being to ensure a homogeneous sample.
 ---pagebreak---                                     EHDOTUS
                            NEUVOSTON PÄÄTÖS
             KOTI- JA VAPAA-AJAN TAPATURMIA KOSKEVASTA
                      YHTEISÖN TIETOJÄRJESTELMÄSTÄ
             TEHDYN PÄÄTÖKSEN 94/3092/EY MUUTTAMISESTA
EUROOPAN UNIONIN NEUVOSTO, joka
ottaa huomioon Euroopan yhteisön perustamissopimuksen,
ottaa huomioon Norjan, Itävallan, Suomen ja Ruotsin liittymisasiakirjan ja erityisesti
sen 169 artiklan, ja
ottaa huomioon komission ehdotuksen',
sekä katsoo, että
Euroopan parlamentin ja neuvoston päätöksellä 94/3092/EY2 otettiin käyttöön koti- ja
vapaa-ajan tapaturmia koskeva yhteisön tietojärjestelmä neljäksi vuodeksi, ja
edellä mainittua päätöstä on mukautettava kolmen uuden jäsenvaltion yhteisöön
liittymisen huomioon ottamiseksi,
ON PÄÄTTÄNYT SEURAAVAA:
   EYVLN:oL 331,21.12.1994, s. 1
 ---pagebreak---                                         1 artikla
Muutetaan päätöstä 94/3092/EY seuraavasti:
1      Korvataan 5 artikla seuraavalla:
       "Budjettiviranomainen määrää kutakin varainhoitovuotta varten käytettävissä
       olevista määrärahoista."
2      Lisätään liitteessä I olevan 5 kohdan taulukkoon seuraava:
       Jäsenvaltio                            Sairaaloiden lukumäärä
       Itävalta                                      4
       Suomi                                         3
       Ruotsi                                        4
Kokonaismäärä "54" korvataan lukumäärällä "65".
                                        2 artikla
Tätä päätöstä sovelletaan Norjan, Itävallan, Suomen ja Ruotsin liittymissopimuksen
voimaantulopäivästä lukien.
                                        3 artikla
Tämä päätös on osoitettu jäsenvaltioille.
Tehty            ssa                          Neuvoston puolesta
                                                     Puheenjohtaja
                                                  3
 ---pagebreak---                          FINANCIAL STATEMENT
1.  Title of operation
    Introduction of a Community information system on home and leisure accidents
2.  Budget heading involved
    B5-105
3.  Legal basis
    Article 129 A (2) of the Treaty establishing the European Community
4.  Description of operation
4.1 General objective
    In developing Community consumer protection policy, there is a need to establish
    a system for collecting data on "consumer" accidents, so as to identify the
    categories of products that give rise to hazards. This will help to provide
    guidelines based on the data gathered as to what specific measures are required.
4.2 Period covered and arrangements for renewal or extension
    19944997
5.  Type of expenditure or revenue
5.1 DQ/DNO
    DNO
5.2 CD/CND
    CD
5.3 Type of revenue involved
    None
 ---pagebreak--- 6.     Type of expenditure or revenue
       Subsidy for joint financing with other sources in the public and/or private sector
               100% subsidy
              No. 80%
               Subsidy for joint financing with other sources in the public and/or private
               sector
               Yes
               Interest subsidy
              No
               Other
              No
               Should the operation prove an economic success, is there provision for all
               or part of the Community contribution to be reimbursed?
              No
               Will the proposed operation cause any change in the level of revenue? If
               so, what sort of change and what type of revenue is involved?
              Not relevant
7.     Financial Impact
7.1    Method of calculating total cost of operation (definition of unit costs)
Part B of the budget
1.     Work done by the Commission: ECU 0.2 million
               methodology and data collection
               dissemination and exploitation at Community level of the national results
               and of specific analyses. Annual report (Art. 3,3).
2.     Finances allocated to the Member States for collecting, processing and exploiting
       the data: ECU 2.608 million (ECU 2.3 million, in 1994)
               support for the hospitals participating in data collection on the basis of 65
               hospitals (54 hospitals in 1994), with the breakdown shown in Annex 1 of
               the proposal for a decision (80% of costs, with a maximum of ECU 28
               000 per hospital for each year), as well as a contribution to Germany,
               Spain and Luxembourg using household surveys (80 % of the expenses as
               mentioned above with a ceiling as described in Annex II, point 2).
 ---pagebreak---                 support for the least developed national infrastructures, notably by
                strengthening appropriate data networks.
                support for bilateral technical assistance provided to other Member States
                by the Member States that have an operating data collection system.
        Total of Part B: ECU 2.808 million ( ECU 2,5 million in 1994).
7.2.    Itemized breakdown of cost
                Breakdown
        1. Work done by the Commission                          ECU                            200 000
        2. 65 hospitals x ECU 28 000                           ECU                                1 820 000
            (54 hospitals = ECU 1 512 000, in 1994)
        household surveys
                                                                ECU                             380 000
        Germany :                                               ECU                             225 000
        Spain:                                                  ECU                               95 000
        Lux:
     + support for the least developped countries
     + support for bilateral technical assistance               ECU                                88 000
                                                                ECU                               2 808 000
                                                                       (ECU 2 500 000 in 1994)
7.3.2     Indicative Schedule
                 period: 1994-1997
                                                                                                         HI 'II' .Ji'ilfHH'MïlIfl'l lilf'Wlll'l "Mill MM, IBSBTT
  Budget 1994          n+ 1                n+2                  n+3                                         TOTAL
  2,5 Mill Ecu         2,808 Mill Ecu      2,808 Mill Ecu ' 2,808 Mill Ecu                                   10,924 Mill Ecu
                                                              inrp'miw . . w n i n n i r; Tt-riMiiLHni11
   The appropriations availible will be decided in the context of the annual budgetary procedure
   and in accordance with prospective financial strengh, depending on the results of the
   measures carried out taking into account the cost-effectiveness aspect and the method of
   payement described in 7.1.2.
 ---pagebreak--- 8. What anti-fraud measures are planned in the proposal for the operation?
    Verification of the subsidies or of the acceptance of the preparatory, feasability or evaluation
    services or studies is carried out by the Commission prior to payment, taking into account
    the contractual obligations and the principles of economy and good financial and overall
    management. Anti-fraud measures (monitoring, submission of reports, etc.) are included in
    all the agreements or contracts concluded between the Commission and the benificiaries of
    the payments.
9.  ELEMENTS OF COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
9.1 Specific and quantifiables objectives: target population
    The system of collecting data on home and leisure accidents should be a key indicator for
    determining consumer protection policy and specially prevention policies. This objective is
    difficult to quantify in that an in-depth study would be needed in order to determine the
    precise socio-economic costs - which are certainly very steep - of home and leisure
    accidents; moreover the costs in human terms of these accidents are heavy but not
    quantifiable.
9.2 Grounds for the operation
    The measure complements existing national mesures. The collection of the measure of data
    from hospital emergency services selected in the Member States or through household
    surveys should provide direct information on the most important accidents, on the basis of
    agreed methods in the different Member States. Moreover, the data will be collected on an
    ongoing basis. A good knowledge of data of domestic and leisure accidents is vital in order
    to allow actions and policies of prevention of these accidents. The objective of the measure
    is in line with the Directive on general product safety, for which the collection should
    provide indicators on safety problems.
    Thanks to these objective data the operational impact of this decision will be significantly
    enhanced.
     The safety of consumers in the Community must be ensured in the framework of the
     functionning of the internal market when more and more products will be circulating in the
     Community. As a result, the risks faced by consumers will increase, and it is desirable to
     have national monitoring systems which are sufficiently homogeneous to enable the
     conclusions drawn in one Member States to be used, where appropriate, in the other Member
     States and at Community level.
     Community involvement is required to enable the Member States to overcome the difficulties
    associated with the collection of data at national level. This is needed for methodological and
    budgetary reasons because if no Community assistance were forthcoming, in particular
    financial assistance, this would deal a blow to the collection of information on accidents in
    a number of Member States, specially in those with less developped administrative structures,
    a development which would seriously distort the monitoring of consumer safety in the
    Community.
 9.3 Monitoring and evaluation of the operation
      The Member States should provide the Commission with two types of information:
 ---pagebreak---       - specific data on specific products, in line with the needs for a developing consumer
        protection policy and prevention of accidents;
      - annual reports from the Member States on the implementation and results of the
        collection, on the basis of which the Commission will produce evaluation reports of the
        system at Community level (one report after two years and one at the end of the five year
        period).
      Moreover, the Commission will provide an annual synthesis report on the data collected and
      the conclusions to be drawn for the development of its consumer protection policy.
      Imponderables which may effect the specific results of the operation lie in its effective
      implementation and, above all, the functionality of the system in all the Member States.
      These depend on how well the two problems identified above are solved, in other words
      utilisation of the data and their faster availability, and in both these respects the
      Commission will do its utmost to ensure success.
9.4 Coherence with financial programming
     Is the operation incorporated in the financial programming of the DG for the years
     concerned?
     Yes.
     To which broader objective defined in the DG's financial programming does the objective
     correspond?
     Policy on general product safety.
 10. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE (Part A of the budget)
10-1    Will the proposad operation involve an increase in the number of Commission staff ?
        No, the necessary staff could be made available by internal reattribution of the functions
10.2    Indicate the amount of staff and administrative expenditure involved in the proposed
        operation. Explain the method of calculation.
        Part A of the budget
 ---pagebreak---    1.   Personnel and management costs: ECU 0.23 million.
        - Secretariat of meetings of national experts responsible for collecting and transmitting the
           data on home and leisure accidents (three per year).
        - A 1178 Logistic, methodological and financial coordination.
           Assistance from an external organisation in defining methodology concerning
           determination of product codes, presentation and methods of analysis.
           Estimated costs: ECU 30 000
         These credits are subject to the allocation of the resources which are to be decided by the
         Commission.
      - Personnel: 1 A official (100%) + 1 B official (100%) + 1 C auxiliaire (50%).
         1 A official (100%) titre A8/A4                                     ECU 90 000 per year
         1 B official (100%) titre B4/B1                                     ECU 90 000 per year
         All 10 1 C auxiliaire (50%)                                         ECU 17 750 per year
      The personnel and management costs will be necessary from March 1994 for the C official and from
      September 1994 for the A and B official.
      The proposed operation is set up for a period of four years.
2.    Art A/260 Studies : ECU 0.205 million
      Complementary studies necessary for specific analysis of national and Community data are required.
      These credits are subject to the allocation of the resources which are to be decided by the
      Commission.
3.    Art A/250 Costs of meetings : ECU 0.045 million
      - Meetings of the national experts at the initiative of the Commission, with two or three experts,
         from every Member State: three meetings per year.
      Total of Part A: ECU 0.50 million.
      Personnal and management costs                                         ECU 0.23 million
      Studies                                                                ECU 0.205 million
      Costs of meeting                                                       ECU 0.045 million
      Total of post A                                                        ECU 0.48 million
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