Decision 1981/21 - 81/21/EEC: Council Decision of 20 January 1981 amending Decision 78/167/EEC adopting a concerted project of the EEC in the field of registration of congenital abnormalities (medical and public health research) - Main contents

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Number legal act	Decision 1981/21
Original proposal	COM(1980)555
CELEX number i	31981D0021

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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 . "

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