Public health: extending certain action programmes

PURPOSE : to extend certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health until 31.12.2001. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Decision 521/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council extending certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health. CONTENT : the objective is to allow the continuation of actions in the framework of six public health programmes. The following shall be extended from 01/01/2001 until 31/12/2002: - the programme of Community action on health promotion, information, education and training adopted by Decision 645/96/EC; - the plan of action to combat cancer adopted by Decision 646/96/EC; - the programme of action for the prevention of AIDS and certain other communicable diseases adopted by Decision 647/96/EC; - the programme for action for the prevention of drug dependence adopted by Decision 102/97/EC. The following shall be extended from 01/01/2002 until 31/12/2002: - the programme of action on health monitoring adopted by Decision 1400/97/EC; - the programme of action on polluted-related diseases adopted by Decision 1296/1999/EC. These actions aim at encouraging cooperation between the Member States, lending support to their action, promoting coordination of their policies and programmes, and fostering cooperation with third countries and international competent in the sphere of public health. The total financial framework for the implementation of the programmes and plans referred to for the period 01/01/2001 to 31/12/2002 shall be EUR 77.74 million. In addition, the proposal also includes an operative part which extends the six programmes in line with the provisions concerning the objectives, actions, implementation responsibility, consistency and complementarity and committee procedure and international co-operation laid down under the corresponding decisions that launched them and contains clauses on budgetary provisons, on adaptation of the committee procedure, on the participation of the EFTA/EEA countries, the associated Central and Eastern European Countries, Cyprus, Malta and Turkey, on monitoring and evaluation, and on entry into force of the extension decision. ENTRY INTO FORCE : the Decision shall enter into force on 17 March 2001. �