Public health: prevention of AIDS and other communicable diseases, Community action programme 1996-2000

In its communication setting out its opinion on the Council's common position concerning this proposal, the Commission indicated that it could not support the Council text adopted on 2 June 1995. It had two reservations with regard to the Council's text: - the first related to comitology: the Council introduced a "mixed" procedure for the implementation of the programme. The Commission felt that a straightforward advisory committee would be more appropriate and could eventually take over the seven areas of activity that in the Council's view came under "management"; - the second related to the annexes: the Council did not incorporate in its common position three EP amendments concerning the fight against discrimination and the exchange of information regarding certain sections of the population. The Commission pointed out that it had included a declaration in the Council's minutes stating that it did not support the text of the common position. �