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". – Madam President, I am very grateful to Parliament for its efforts in developing with us and with the Council this ambitious new programme. Throughout the course of the codecision process, you have put in an enormous amount of work – by analysing the various issues and by putting forward new ideas and approaches.
In the declaration, we clarified a series of steps we intend to take. These will involve the early setting up of the programme committee; the appropriate organisation of the Commission’s own departments; making use of scientific and technical experts to reinforce our capacity; and pursuing the possibilities of externalisation – notably that of creating an executive agency.
It is now for the Commission to ensure that the programme starts in earnest at the beginning of next year. We will of course keep you informed of progress in conformity with the applicable rules.
To conclude, let me again thank the rapporteur, Professor Trakatellis, the Environment Committee, and indeed the whole Parliament for their excellent work on this programme. I am confident that the final version that has emerged will enable us to make a real contribution to improving the health of European citizens.
There is no doubt that as a result the programme has been significantly strengthened and that it will provide a firm basis for the development of the Community’s health strategy, including new areas of work, such as developing a vaccination strategy and responding to the threat of bio-terrorism. Your efforts have further reinforced the three objectives that the Commission set out from the very beginning in its proposal.
These are: improving health information; responding rapidly to health threats; and tackling the determinants of health.
These three areas of action respond to the priorities and concerns of European citizens, and will enable the programme to be of direct relevance to them.
Thanks to your perseverance, and not least to the personal contributions of Professor Trakatellis and of Vice-President Imbeni, a realistic agreement was reached in the conciliation procedure.
From my standpoint, the outcome strikes a fair and workable balance between the extent of the activities to be undertaken, the measures to be taken to implement the programme – the so-called structural arrangements – and the overall budget for the programme.
I would like to draw attention to the two declarations made by the Commission to help reach an agreement on these issues. The first one concerns the budget. It was made to take account of concerns expressed by your delegation about whether the budget of EUR 312 million was adequate for the programme, particularly in view of the forthcoming enlargement of the European Union.
The Commission declared that: “The financial framework of the programme shall be reviewed in the context both of accession of new Member States and the preparation for the revision of the financial perspective, taking account of the establishment of the structural arrangements, and of developments concerning key priorities – financial proposals will be made, if appropriate”.
We also made a declaration on the implementation of the programme. This underlines our full agreement with Parliament about the need to ensure that this important programme operates as effectively as possible."@en1
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