Translation of "Traitement des programmes non prioritaires " (French → English) :

Rare diseases were one of the priorities of the Community's sixth framework programme for research and development and continue to be a priority for action in its seventh framework programme for research and development , as developing new diagnostics and treatments for rare disorders, as well as performing epidemiological research on those disorders, require multi-country approaches in order to increase the number of patients for ...[+++]each study.

The food must be processed in accordance with a scheduled heat treatment possibly associated with other methods to control microbiological hazards; equipment for the heat-treatment must be fitted with all control devices necessary to ensure that an appropriate heat treatment is applied.

38. Stresses that a global strategy for confronting communicable diseases can succeed only if appropriate and affordable vaccines and medicaments are developed for prevention and treatment. Such a programme requires commitment to finance purchase and distribution of these products on a global basis (as for polio vaccine). A global fund should be established to target the three major communicable diseases (FFID - Fund for Infectious Diseases). Such an "outcome-driven" fund, under the aegis of the WHO and of UNAIDS, supported by the EU, G8, the World Bank, IMF and open to public and private contributions (public private partnership with NG ...[+++]Os included), can complement ongoing support to strengthen national health infrastructures and promote access to medicines and treatment; allocation to a global fund should be additional to existing aid efforts and be framed in the context of health as a global public health good;

The latter programmes shall have priority.

However, in the recent Vanbraekel [90] case the Court examined the question of which reimbursement rate a person who went to another Member State for planned medical treatment could benefit from, where the reimbursed costs, according to this Member States' legislation, were lower than the person would have been entitled to in the Member State of insurance.

It is therefore a priority to ensure, as highlighted by the rapporteur, a greater diffusion of the programme and to make sure that, in future, Community actions like this one will not remain a privilege for a minority because of a lack of information.