Translation of "santé humaine " (French → English) :

With regard to public health, the Community's role is to complement national policies, to encourage cooperation between the Member States and to lend support to their action when it comes to improving public health, preventing human disease and reducing risks to human health.

human health risk assessment, food consumption and exposure assessment, environmental risk assessment, animal health risk assessment, toxicology, microbiology, human nutrition, epidemiology, animal health, animal welfare, human medicine, veterinary medicine, food hygiene, food technology, chemistry, biology, biochemistry, life sciences.

Management and operation of the health services are a Member State competence, yet there is a role for the Community complementing their activities with the aim of improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health (Art 152 Amsterdam Treaty).

1. Following the coming into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam, a high level of health protection has to be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities and Community action in the field of public health has to be

...ntention of submitting regular reports on the state of health; emphasizes the need for cooperation to this end with the international organizations responsible for public health; considers that the preparation of reports containing comprehensive and accurate information on health status, determinants of health and health-related activities throughout the Community provides a way in which to help improve public knowledge and understanding of major health problems in the Community and of the action and programmes being undertaken at Community and Member State levels; considers that these reports should provide useful information to b ...[+++]e used in the planning of measures to be undertaken at Community level as well as for the evaluation of those already being carried out; agrees to consider further, in the context of the Commission's proposal for the adoption of a programme of Community action on health monitoring, inter alia: - the objective and format of future reports; - the sources of data to be used; - the frequency of their publication; - how they might be used as a basis for determining priorities for Community action". ...

...roducts, should form part of the Community's overall strategy for action in the field of public health; Considering the wider use of medicinal plants in medical treatment in the European Union; Considering the growing use of medicinal plants in the European Union; Considering the impact of medicinal plant preparations on public health and the recommendations of the World Health Organization; Considering the heterogeneity of the commercial presentation of those preparations on the market; Whereas the safeguarding of public health must be a priority objective at Community level; Whereas it is also necessary to pay appropriate atte ...[+++]ntion to conditions which will ensure that the development of industry and the free movement of such products within the European Union are not hindered; Considering the specific problems involved in checking raw materials and medicinal plant preparations from third countries in order to guarantee their quality; Whereas it is appropriate to take into account the special characteristics of such preparations; Whereas it is necessary to guarantee the protection of consumers' health throughout the whole process of manufacture, distribution and putting up for sale, CALLS ON the Commission, in close cooperation with the Member States, to study the situation that exists and, in particular: - whether there are public health concerns over medicinal plant preparations and raw materials that require action by the Community; - whether Community rules relating to such preparations present any difficulties and what clarifications might be required regarding the legal status of medicinal plant preparations, having regard to the Community provisions on proprietary medicinal products; - any checks required to ensure the quality of raw materials and medicinal plant preparations, including those imported from third countries; - the specific conditions required to ensure the protection of public health". ...