2008/773/EC: Commission Decision of 2 October 2008 concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2008, towards a pilot project in the field of health professionals

3.10.2008 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 264/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of 2 October 2008
concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2008, towards a pilot project in the field of health professionals
(2008/773/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Article 49(6)(a) and 75 thereof,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 90 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 80/154/EEC of 21 January 1980 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in midwifery and including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services (3) and its subsequent amendments,
Having regard to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (4).
Whereas:
(1) The General Budget of the European Union — Financial Year 2008 contains the budgetary line 04 04 11 ‘Pilot project — New employment situation in the health sector: best practices for improving professional training and qualifications of health care workers and their remuneration’.
(2) Article 49(6)(a) of the Financial Regulation provides that appropriations for pilot schemes of an experimental nature designed to test the feasibility of an action and its usefulness may be implemented without a basic act as long as the actions which they are intended to finance fall within the competence of the Community or the Union and the relevant commitment appropriations are entered in the budget for only two successive financial years.
(3) In accordance with Article 75 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and with Article 90 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002, the commitment of the expenditure shall be preceded by a financing decision which determines the essential elements of an action involving expenditure from the budget.
(4) This action will support the European Commission green paper on EU workforce for health planned for the second half of 2008,