Translation of "Directrice de l'hygiène industrielle et de la santé " (French → English) :

1. In consultation with the Member States and assisted by the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, the Commission shall draw up guidelines on the assessment of the chemical, physical and biological agents and industrial processes considered hazardous for the reproductive health of male and female workers and for the safety or health of workers within the meaning of Article 2.

1. In consultation with the Member States and assisted by the Advisory Committee on Safety, Hygiene and Health Protection at Work, the Commission shall draw up guidelines on the assessment of the chemical, physical and biological agents and industrial processes considered hazardous for the reproductive health of male and female workers and for the safety or health of workers within the meaning of Article 2.

10. Calls upon the Commission to apply the same level of flexibility in old and new member states with regard to hygiene rules for direct or local marketing and traditional food processing, to distinguish between requirements on hygiene improving public health and infrastructural demands of industrial food processing, and to take into account local and regional markets, employment and food preferences of producers and consumers in the respective regions;

The object of the Codex Alimentarius Commission is inter alia to develop and harmonise world-wide health standards and to issue guidelines and recommendations on agricultural and fishery products, foodstuffs, food additives and contaminants, feedstuffs, veterinary drugs, pesticides, including labelling, methods of analysis and sampling, codes of ethics and good agricultural practice and guidelines of hygiene practice, with a view to protecting consumer health and ensuring fair practices in international trade.

COUNCIL RESOLUTION DESIGNED TO IMPLEMENT THE OUTLINES OF AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL SECTOR IN THE EUROPEAN UNION THE COUNCIL Having regard to the Commission communication of 14 September 1994 entitled "An industrial competitiveness policy for the European Union"; Recalling its Resolution of 21 November 1994 on strengthening the competitiveness of Community industry [10] , and its conclusions of 7 April 1995 on an industrial competitiveness policy; Having regard to the communication of 2 March 1994 from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the outlines of an industrial policy for the pharmaceutica ...[+++]l sector in the European Union; Whereas the European Union has an important role to play in creating a favourable environment for the expansion of activities relating to research, development, production and distribution of medicinal products and in encouraging the development of an innovative and effective European pharmaceutical industry in terms of competitiveness on the world market; Whereas European industrial policy must necessarily take account of the special nature of this sector, which relates both to public health and to social policy; whereas social security systems bear a considerable proportion of pharmaceutical expenditure; whereas this is a matter which falls within the competence of the Member States; Whereas the European Union has the responsibility of sketching out guidelines for the promotion of Community activities in this sector, HAS ADOPTED THIS RESOLUTION: I. WITH RESPECT TO THE SITUATION IN THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY 1. recalls that the European pharmaceutical industry plays an essential role in public health, remains a high-technology industry with considerable added value, which is particularly successful, generates highly skilled jobs and makes a significant contribution to the Union's balance of trade; 2. considers that, now that it is facing increasingly intense international competition, the Euro ...

PROGRAMME CONTENTS A. Subprogramme "Tropical and Subtropical Agriculture": 1. Improvement of agricultural products - crop production: food and agro-industrial crops; crop genetics; crop protection; - proteins of animal origin: stock farming; animal genetics and reproduction; veterinary medicine; sea and inland fisheries, aquaculture; - forestry production in humid and arid areas. 2. Conservation and better use of the environment: - appraisal of resources; water resources and their use; soil management and protection, desertification and management of savannahs; underexploited genetic resources; wild flora and fauna; 3. Agricultural engineering and post-harvest technology: - agricultural engineering/mechanization; preservation o ...[+++]f products; processing of products; 4. Production systems: - multi-disciplinary approaches relating to plan products; inter-cropping; relationships between crop- growing and stock-farming; ecologically fragile environments; B. Subprogramme "Medicine, Health and Nutrition in Tropical and Subtropical Areas" 1. Medecine: - transmissible tropical diseases: parasitological; bacterial; viral; mycological; - non-transmissible tropical diseases: genetic disorders; acquired diseases; 2. Health: - health services research: operational research; plannng management and evaluation; - environmental health: water-related diseases; traditional medicine - tropical medicinal plants; 3. Nutrition: - nutritional deficiencies; impact of agricultural, food and social-economic strategies on nutritional status; - relationships between production and storage systems, food habits and health status; - bioavailability of nutrients and their toxicology///.