11 Amendments of Sirpa PIETIKÄINEN related to 2020/0320(COD)
Amendment 128 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) With the aim of reducing the occurrence of epidemics and strengthening capacities to prevent communicable diseases in the Union, the Centre should develop a framework for the prevention of communicable diseases, and other health hazards, which focuses in particular on preventive and early action measures, and which addresses such issues as vaccine preventable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, health education, health literacy and behaviour change. It is vital that the 'One Planet, One Health' approach be incorporated into all actions within the areas of health and the environment as several pandemics have root causes in other environmental factors, for example wet markets, which facilitate the spread of diseases. The links between human health and the health of the environment are also clear in relation to air quality. There should also be a focus on the prevention of new threats, such as micro plastics in drinking water or indoor air, or new chemical cocktails, and on their harmful effects. The Centre should therefore have closer links with the European Chemicals Agency in relation to preventive work and to protection of health.
Amendment 154 #
Proposal for a regulation
Recital 16
Recital 16
(16) The Centre should establish appropriate capacities to support international and field response, in accordance with Regulation …/… [OJ: please, insert reference to Regulation SCBTH [ISC/2020/12524]]. These capacities should enable the Centre to mobilise and deploy outbreak assistance teams, known as ‘EU Health Task Force’, to assist local responses to outbreaks of diseases. The Centre should therefore ensure capacity to carry out missions to Member States as well as in third countries and to provide recommendations on response to health threats. These teams will also be able to be deployed under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism with the support of the Emergency Response Coordination Centre. The Centre should also support the strengthening of preparedness capacities under the International Health Regulations (IHR) in third countries, in order to address serious cross border threats to health and the consequences thereof. The Centre should have the relevant powers to declare a pandemic, epidemic or other acute health crisis requiring common coordination and action.
Amendment 282 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c
(c) maintain database(s) for such epidemiological surveillance, coordinate with the hosts of other relevant databases, and work towards harmonised approaches to data collection and modelling in order to produce harmonised, comparable Union- wide data as a basis for decision-making;
Amendment 340 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5a – paragraph 2
Article 5a – paragraph 2
2. The Centre shall develop a framework for the prevention of communicable diseases, other health hazards and special issues, including vaccine preventable diseases, antimicrobial resistance, health education, health literacy and behaviour change, with a particular focus on preventive and early action measures.
Amendment 347 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5a – paragraph 3
Article 5a – paragraph 3
3. The Centre shall evaluate and monitor communicable disease prevention and control programmes in order to provide the evidence for recommendations to strengthen and improve these programmes at the national and Union level, and where appropriate at the international levels. The Centre shall give binding instructions and guidelines to Member States on the basis of recommendations from the WHO or other relevant international organisations.
Amendment 353 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5a – paragraph 3 a (new)
Article 5a – paragraph 3 a (new)
3 a. The Centre shall give Union-wide vaccination recommendations.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point b
(b) develop preparedness monitoring and evaluation frameworks and indicators for preparedness; in this respect the Centre shall give harmonised instructions on the use of common indicators and on actions to be taken in case of serious health hazards, epidemics or pandemics, including in relation to infection rates based on reproduction (R) numbers, in the case of infectious diseases, as a basis for restrictive actions, the harmonised collection of epidemic, diagnostic and mortality data, the use of testing methodologies, quarantines and other restrictions on mobility, and travel and patient isolation requirements; those common indicators shall also cover other health hazards, including chemicals and microplastics in drinking water;
Amendment 369 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i
(i) assess health systems’ capacity to detect, prevent, respond to and recover from outbreaks of communicable diseases, identify gaps and, provide recommendations for the strengthening of health systems, to be implemented with Union support as appropriate, as well as set minimum testing capacities for the Member States to be able to observe possible disease outbreaks;
Amendment 376 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i a (new)
Article 5b – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 – point i a (new)
(ia) provide recommendations on procurement and minimum quantities needed of medical devices, medicines, therapeutics and personal protective equipment; update such recommendations, where relevant, and supervise the sufficiency of the stocks at Member State level;
Amendment 418 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 10
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 8a – paragraph 2
Article 8a – paragraph 2
2. The risk assessment shall include general and targeted recommendations for response as a basis for coordination in the HSC. The Centre shall give binding instructions and guidelines to Member States on the basis of recommendations from the WHO or other relevant international organisations.
Amendment 423 #
Proposal for a regulation
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11
Regulation (EC) No 851/2004
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 8b – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) national responses to the serious cross-border threat to health, including as regards travel restrictions and other restrictions on movement and the gathering of people, as well as quarantine requirements and supervision of quarantines;