Public health: extending certain action programmes

PURPOSE : to extend certain programmes of Community action in the field of public health adopted by decisons 645/96/EC, 646/96/EC, 647/96/EC, 102/97/EC, 1400/97/EC and 1296/1999/EC CONTENT : the objective of this proposal is to permit the continuation of actions under the six public health programmes. These programmes are vital for pursuing the public health objectives of the Community until a new, overall, public health programme is adopted, and at any rate, no later than 31/12/2002. Therefore, 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 Decisioni 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 79.1 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.�