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Document 92003E001391
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1391/03 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Health passport for non-EU citizens.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1391/03 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Health passport for non-EU citizens.
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1391/03 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Health passport for non-EU citizens.
Úř. věst. C 242E, 9.10.2003, p. 227–227
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- Date of document:
- 15/04/2003; Den přenosu
- Date of dispatch:
- 15/04/2003
- Date of reply:
- 19/05/2003; Písemná odpověď
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- Evropský parlament, Not available
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- Evropská komise
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92003E1391
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1391/03 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission. Health passport for non-EU citizens.
Official Journal 242 E , 09/10/2003 P. 0227 - 0227
WRITTEN QUESTION E-1391/03 by Mario Borghezio (NI) to the Commission (15 April 2003) Subject: Health passport for non-EU citizens The recent case of cholera identified in a Senegalese passenger on a flight from Brussels to Turin is a very real reminder of the grave dangers posed by inadequate health controls on immigrants from outside the EU. This is in addition to the alarm raised by the world health authorities over the SARS virus. Does the Commission not consider it useful, in relation to the circulation of non-EU citizens, to propose the creation of a special health passport to safeguard the health of all? Answer given by Mr Byrne on behalf of the Commission (19 May 2003) The Commission is well aware of the potential risks of imported communicable diseases and their impact on Member States. The current epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Disease (SARS) is a good example of such a threat. The Commission is collaborating with the Member States, through the designated Authorities of the Ministries of Health, and with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to implement actions to control such diseases, in particular through the revision of the WHO International Health Regulations. However, in such cases, particularly where an incubation period is involved, there is no obvious link between health-related information which might be contained in a health passport and the control of a communicable disease of this nature. The Commission will prepare a SARS Monitoring Report for the 2 June 2003 Health Council.
