EHLASS: Community system of information on home and leisure accidents, renewal for the period 1994-1997

The Commission proposal aimed to extend, for the period 1994-1997, the Community system of information on home and leisure accidents (ELHASS). The system's objective was to organise and coordinate the collection of data on home and leisure accidents with a view to promoting accident prevention, improving the safety of consumer products and informing and educating consumers about better use of products. The decision did not apply to accidents at work or occupational illnesses, nor to accidents on the roads, on the railways, at sea or in the air. The Member States would be responsible for implementing the system, directly applying the data collected and sending the Commission an annual report evaluating the results obtained at national level and the conclusions drawn from them. Community grants for the hospitals taking part in data collection would be allocated on the basis of a uniform but diminishing rate: 80% of the actual costs in 1994, 70% in 1995, 60% in 1996 and 50% in 1997. During 1996, the Commission would draw up a report evaluating the operation of the system and, no later than 31 December 1997, a final report on the efficiency of the system. �