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Document 12006E152

Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version)
Part Three - Community policies
TITLE XIII - Public health
Article 152

JO C 321E, 29.12.2006, p. 114–115 (ES, CS, ET, GA, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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25/03/1957
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01/01/1958; intrare în vigoare a se vedea 11957E247
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spaniolă, cehă, daneză, germană, estonă, greacă, engleză, franceză, irlandeză, italiană, letonă, lituaniană, maghiară, malteză, neerlandeză, polonă, portugheză, slovacă, slovenă, finlandeză, suedeză
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12006E152

Treaty establishing the European Community (consolidated version) - Part Three - Community policies - TITLE XIII - Public health - Article 152

Official Journal C 321 E , 29/12/2006 P. 0114 - 0115
Official Journal C 325 , 24/12/2002 P. 0100 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 340 , 10/11/1997 P. 0246 - Consolidated version
Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0048 - Consolidated version
(EEC Treaty - no official publication available)


Article 152

1. A high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities.

Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information and education.

The Community shall complement the Member States' action in reducing drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention.

2. The Community shall encourage cooperation between the Member States in the areas referred to in this Article and, if necessary, lend support to their action.

Member States shall, in liaison with the Commission, coordinate among themselves their policies and programmes in the areas referred to in paragraph 1. The Commission may, in close contact with the Member States, take any useful initiative to promote such coordination.

3. The Community and the Member States shall foster cooperation with third countries and the competent international organisations in the sphere of public health.

4. The Council, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions, shall contribute to the achievement of the objectives referred to in this Article through adopting:

(a) measures setting high standards of quality and safety of organs and substances of human origin, blood and blood derivatives; these measures shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures;

(b) by way of derogation from Article 37, measures in the veterinary and phytosanitary fields which have as their direct objective the protection of public health;

(c) incentive measures designed to protect and improve human health, excluding any harmonisation of the laws and regulations of the Member States.

The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, may also adopt recommendations for the purposes set out in this Article.

5. Community action in the field of public health shall fully respect the responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care. In particular, measures referred to in paragraph 4(a) shall not affect national provisions on the donation or medical use of organs and blood.

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