CELEX: 51986PC0717
Language: en
Date: 1986-12-16
Title: DRAFT COUNCIL DECISION CONCERNING THE INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC AND THE TRAINING OF MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS

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              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
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the actions which have already been proposed or
                                                                    established will only have their full value when they are
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               accompanied by actions covering all members of the
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                   population;
thereof,
                                                                    Whereas it would be advisable to reduce the production and
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                  consumption of tobacco in the European Community, and at
                                                                    the same time to organize Community campaigns to increase
                                                                    public awareness of the campaign against smoking;
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,
                                                                    Whereas it would be advisable to encourage the consumption
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social             of agricultural products with recognized beneficial effects on
Committee,                                                          health and the prevention of cancer, such as fresh fruits and
                                                                    vegetables or cereals with a high fibre content;
Whereas, pursuant to Article 2 of the Treaty, it is the
Community's task to promote throughout the Community a              Whereas is would be advisable to make the public aware of
harmonious development of economic activities, a                    the campaign against carcinogenic agents;
continuous and balanced expansion, an increase in stability,
and an accelerated raising of the standard of living;
                                                                    Whereas it would be advisable, during the European
                                                                    information on cancer year, to organize and promote a
Whereas the European Councils held in June 1985 in Milan            programme of events and activities, especially designed to
and in December 1985 in Luxembourg underlined the                   increase the awareness of the public, teachers and members
advantages of launching a European programme against                of the health professions regarding the campaign against
cancer;                                                             cancer;
Whereas the European Council in December 1986 in London             Whereas pooling efforts, resources and experience is the best
decided that 1989 should be the European information on             way to ensure success in the campaign against cancer;
cancer year;
                                                                    Whereas duplications of effort should be avoided by the
Whereas the Council has adopted several Decisions                   development of common basic information modules for the
concerning research in medicine and health ('), and a               public, and for the training of members of the health
proposed Regulation in the same field for the period 1987 to        professions, as well as the promotion of exchanges of
1989 has already been submitted to Council;                         experience;
Whereas the Council and the representatives of the                  Whereas the Commission has drawn up a general action plan
Governments of the Member States, meeting within the                in the field of information for the general public and training
Council, have adopted a resolution on a programme of                of members of the health professions, the details of which are
action of the European Communities against cancer (2),              set out in the Annex;
which is concerned principally with cancer prevention;
                                                                    Whereas the Treaty does not provide specific powers to these
Whereas the proposed texts or those already adopted are an          ends,
important part of the programme commonly called 'Europe
against cancer', which is a follow-up to the abovementioned
conclusions of the European Council;
                                                                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Whereas, within the context of the said programme, the
proposed texts or those already adopted should be completed
by a number of actions in the field of information for the                                     Article 1
general public and training of members of the health
professions;
                                                                    In the context of the action plan set out in the Annex in the
                                                                    field of information for the general public concerning cancer,
    Decision 78/167/EEC, OJ No L 52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 20,            and the training of members of the health professions, the
    Decision 78/1687EEC, OJ No L 52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 24,            actions described in Part A of the Annex are hereby adopted
    Decision 78/169/EEC, OJ No L 52, 23. 2. 1978, p. 28,
    Decision 81/21/EEC, OJ No L 43, 13. 2. 1981, p. 12,             for a period of two years from January 1988, as a
    Decision 82/616/EEC, OJ No L 248, 24. 8. 1982, p. 12.           complement to the 'prevention' and 'research' Chapters of the
(2) OJ No C 184, 23. 7. 1986, p. 19.                                programme 'Europe against cancer'.
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                            Article 2                                     necessary for the action described in Part A of the Annex in
                                                                          1988 and in 1989 is 22 million E C U .
T h e Commission shall be responsible for the implementation
of the action described in the Annex.
                                                                                                        Article 4
                                                                          T h e Commission will inform the Council of the state of
                                                                          progress of this w o r k , and will submit to it, as well as to the
                            Article 3                                     European Parliament, a report on the accomplishment of the
                                                                          action plan 1987 to 1 9 8 9 , accompanied by appropriate
T h e estimated a m o u n t of the Community        contribution          proposals for the period beginning in 1 9 9 0 .
                                                                  ANNEX
                                     A. ACTIONS ADOPTED UNDER THE PRESENT DECISION
              I. INFORMING THE PUBLIC
              From 1988
              A 1: Organization in 1988 of a European week against cancer to be used as a test campaign for the '1989 —
                    European information on cancer year'
              A 2: Intensification in 1988 of the campaign carried out in 1987 to inform the public and increase public
                    awareness of the campaign against cancer
              A 3: Provision of teaching material relating to health education from 1988
              A 4: Contribution to the financing of television health education broadcasts on the prevention and treatment of
                    cancer from 1988
              A 5: Interesting teachers and the health professions in 1988 in dissemination of the European cancer prevention
                    commandments in 1989, European information on cancer year
              In 1989
              A 6: Organization in 1989 of a media campaign aimed at the general public: '12 nations, 12 days of action against
                    cancer'
              A 7: Intensification in 1989 of the campaigns carried out in 1987 and 1988 to inform the public and increase
                    public awareness of the fight against cancer
              II. TRAINING OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
              A 8: Joint preparation and exchange of teaching materials, from 1987, and testing of this in 1989 during the
                    European information on cancer year
              B. ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY THE COMMISSION IN THE EXERCISE OF ITS POWERS OF
                                                      MANAGEMENT OR INITIATIVE
              I. INFORMATION OF THE PUBLIC
              B 1: Establishment in 1987 of a directory of the private organizations against cancer in Europe
              B 2: Comparative survey in 1987 of private and public cancer prevention information campaigns
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           B 3:   Establishment from 1987 of a comparative survey of health education programmes in European
                  schools
           B 4:   Bringing cancer prevention and the 'Europe against cancer' programme to the attention of the media from
                  1987
           B 5:   Eurobarometer survey in April 1987 of Europeans' attitudes to cancer and its prevention
           B 6:   Financial contribution to television cancer prevention broadcasts for the general public from 1987
           B 7:   Dissemination from 1987 of the European code against cancer at sports and cultural events sponsored by
                  the European Community
           B 8:   Public meeting at the end of 1987 to mark the end of the first year of the 'Europe against cancer'
                  programme
           B 9:   Preparation from 1987 of the actions to be carried out in 1989, 'European cancer prevention year'
           B 10: Drawing-up of a European resolution on health education in schools from 1988
           II. TRAINING OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS
           B 11: Comparative study, from 1987, of the systems of university training for health care
           B 12: Exchange of experience on continuous training from 1987
           B 13: Stimulation of the mobility of medical and nursing students from 1987
           B 14: Formulation of proposals for improving the organization of studies in the cancer field from 1988