Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-02-10-Speech-2-036"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-02-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control2
dcterms:Language	"el"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040210.2.2-036"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-02-10-Speech-2-0372
lpv:speaker	lp:Minerva Melpomeni Malliori2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Panellinio Socialistiko Kinima (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; PES (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 substitute; Temporary committee on improving safety at sea (2003-11-20--2004-04-21)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, recent developments in the health sector have shown that one Member State alone, even if it has all the necessary means, cannot efficiently address all the threats. The transmission of epidemics is facilitated by movements of populations, environmental and social changes, globalisation and war. The Community, alongside its obligations which derive from the Treaties, must also respond to citizens' concerns. That is why the creation of a centre which will focus on prompt diagnosis and on evaluating and publicising existing and re-emerging risks to public health in a fast, flexible and efficient manner is long overdue. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control will coordinate and reinforce the work of the European Commission, the Member States and the Network for Epidemiological Surveillance and Control of Communicable Diseases. It will operate in cooperation with all the existing services involved in public health, such as the World Health Organisation and the European Food Safety Authority. On behalf of my group, Mr President, and following recent developments – I refer to the previous debate which we had on bird flu – I should like to emphasise that we agree with the rapporteur's proposal to close the matter at first reading and for the centre to open in 2005, even if we are not entirely satisfied with the Council's positions. However, I should like to thank the rapporteur for accepting my proposals to extend the scope of the regulation to other serious health threats and not just communicable diseases. I should also like to thank him because he accepted the need for the repercussions of recent epidemics on both physical and mental health to be recorded and handled appropriately. For funding, Commissioner, it is vital that the Centre have its own line in the budget and appropriations which will allow it to respond to its difficult mission. Finally, I should like to congratulate and thank the rapporteur once again."@en1

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