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| document | COM(1980)555  |
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81/21/EEC: Council Decision of 20 January 1981 amending Decision 78/167/EEC adopting a concerted project of the European Economic Community in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities (medical and public health research)
Official Journal L 043 , 14/02/1981 P. 0012 - 0013
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COUNCIL DECISION
OF 20 JANUARY 1981
AMENDING DECISION 78/167/EEC ADOPTING A CONCERTED PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH )
( 81/21/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 235 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,
WHEREAS BY DECISION 78/167/EEC ( 2 ) THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A CONCERTED PROJECT OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY IN THE FIELD OF REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES ( MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH ) ;
WHEREAS , IN VIEW OF THE CURRENT STAGE REACHED IN THE WORK PROVIDED FOR UNDER THE CONCERTED PROJECT , AN EXTENSION OF THE SAID PROJECT BY ONE YEAR WOULD ENABLE THE BEST ADVANTAGE TO BE OBTAINED FROM THE NATIONAL EFFORTS BEING MADE ; WHEREAS DECISION 78/167/EEC SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
SOLE ARTICLE
DECISION 78/167/EEC SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :
( 1 ) IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 1 THE TERM ' A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS ' SHALL BE REPLACED BY ' A PERIOD OF FOUR YEARS ' ;
( 2 ) ANNEX I SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION .
DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 JANUARY 1981 .
FOR THE COUNCIL
THE PRESIDENT
CH . A . VAN DER KLAAUW
( 1 ) OJ NO C 346 , 31 . 12 . 1980 , P . 95 .
( 2 ) OJ NO L 52 , 23 . 2 . 1978 , P . 20 .
ANNEX
" ANNEX I
RESEARCH PROGRAMME RELATING TO THE REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES
( CONCERTED PROJECT )
THE RESEARCH WILL BE CARRIED OUT WITH THE PURPOSE OF ACQUIRING SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THIS FIELD , SELECTED FOR ITS IMPORTANCE AT COMMUNITY LEVEL .
THE RESEARCH IS EXPECTED TO COVER THE FOLLOWING TOPICS :
1 . REGISTRATION OF CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS AS WELL AS OF INHERITED BIOCHEMICAL AND CHROMOSOME ABNORMALITIES IN SELECTED REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY .
2 . REGISTRATION OF TWINS AND MULTIPLE PREGNANCIES IN SELECTED REGIONS OF THE COMMUNITY .
3 . RELEVANT METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES IN ORDER TO OBTAIN AN OPTIMAL COORDINATION OF BOTH EXISTING NATIONAL REGISTERS AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURES .
THE COORDINATION WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING REGIONAL REGISTERS OF THE MEMBER STATES :
BELGIUM : BRUGGE AND HAINAUT
DENMARK : ODENSE
FRANCE : PARIS AND MORLAIX
GERMANY : WEST BERLIN AND HESSEN
GREECE : EVIA
IRELAND : DUBLIN AND GALWAY
ITALY : TUSCANY , ROME AND EMILIA-ROMAGNA
LUXEMBOURG : LUXEMBOURG
NETHERLANDS : GRONINGEN
UNITED KINGDOM : BELFAST , GLASGOW AND LIVERPOOL .
THESE COUNTRIES WILL CONTRIBUTE RESEARCH UNDER THE THREE TOPICS MENTIONED ABOVE . "