Decision on setting up a subcommittee on public health

The European Parliament decided to set up a subcommittee on Public Health to the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.

The subcommittee will have 30 members and will be responsible for public health matters, and particularly the programmes and specific actions in the field of public health, pharmaceutical and cosmetic products, health aspects of bioterrorism, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control.

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety remains responsible for the examination of legislative proposals and votes are held in the Committee.