Council conclusions on Lessons learned from the A/H1N1 pandemic ? Health security in the European Union

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The Council adopted the following conclusions:

"The Council of the European Union

1. RECALLS that under Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Union action is to complement national policies and be directed towards improving public
health; it is also to encourage cooperation between the Member States in the field of public
health and, if necessary, lend support to their action, and fully respect the responsibilities of the
Member States for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care;

REGARDING THE LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE INFLUENZA PANDEMIC
A(H1N1),

2. NOTES the rapid and robust response of the Member States, the European Commission, the
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), the European Medicines Agency
(EMA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) to the outbreak of the influenza Pandemic
A(H1N1);
3. RECALLS the Council conclusions of 30 April 2009 on influenza A(H1N1) infection
1
in
which the Member States were urged to work together and the Council conclusions of 12
October 2009 on Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 - a strategic approach
2
;
4. RECALLS the work undertaken within the framework of the Friends of the Presidency Group
on pandemic influenza and during the technical workshop on ?Multisectoral issues during crisis:
an influenza pandemic as an example?, held in Brussels, Belgium, on 29 and 30 April 2010;


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