CELEX: 51988PC0200
Language: en
Date: 1988-04-06
Title: AMENDMENT OF THE PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING AN ACTION PLAN, 1987 TO 1989, ON INFORMING THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TRAINING OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PROGRAMME " EUROPE AGAINST CANCER "

No C 111/10                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          28. 4. 88
            Amendment to the proposal for a Council Decision adopting an action plan. 1987 to 1989, on
            informing the general public and training of the health professions in the context of the
                                          programme 'Europe against cancer' (')
                                                    COM(88) 200 final
            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on
                                                       14 April 1988)
                                                      (88/C 111/14)
            After the ninth recital add the three following recitals:
                 Whereas there must be an improvement in the quality of tobacco produced and a switch
                 to less harmful varieties;
                 Whereas a report must be drawn up on the gradual replacement in the long term of
                 tobacco by other crops providing the same income for producers;
                 Whereas there must be a reduction in the excessive consumption of alcohol in the
                 European Community and whereas, to that end, a Community campaign should be
                 organized to increase public awareness of the need to combat excessive consumption of
                 alcohol;
            The eleventh recital should read as follows:
                 Whereas it would be advisable to make the public aware of the campaign against
                 carcinogenic agents and notably against excessive exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the
                 sun and solar lamps which are not subject to any radiation controls after a certain period
                 of use;
            After the eleventh recital add the following recital:
                 Whereas the public need to be made aware of regular screening and the early detection of
                 cancer, particularly cancer of the uterine cervix and breast cancer;
(') OJ No C 50, 26. 2. 1987, p. 1.