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<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "I have been contacted by a constituent who draws my attention to the fact that under the Lisbon Treaty protocol (no 14) on the Eurogroup (Source: http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0201:0328:EN:PDF), ‘the Ministers of the Member States whose currency is the Euro shall elect a president for two and a half years, by a majority of those Member States’. For the presidency of the Eurogroup, could the Commission confirm: 1. the office budget, broken down by headings (in the manner of the main institutional headings, e.g.office furnishings, IT, travel, entertainment allowance); 2. the staffing numbers and staff grades; 3. the pay grade of the President; 4. the personal allowances available; 5. other personal facilities (perks) that are available, e.g.official car; 6. the expenditure related to the post annually since it was first established informally; 7. the past legal basis for expenditure in the Treaties." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-3207/10

Macroeconomics

I have been contacted by a constituent who draws my attention to the fact that under the Lisbon Treaty protocol (no 14) on the Eurogroup (Source: http://eurlex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2008:115:0201:0328:EN:PDF), ‘the Ministers of the Member States whose currency is the Euro shall elect a president for two and a half years, by a majority of those Member States’. For the presidency of the Eurogroup, could the Commission confirm: 1. the office budget, broken down by headings (in the manner of the main institutional headings, e.g.office furnishings, IT, travel, entertainment allowance); 2. the staffing numbers and staff grades; 3. the pay grade of the President; 4. the personal allowances available; 5. other personal facilities (perks) that are available, e.g.official car; 6. the expenditure related to the post annually since it was first established informally; 7. the past legal basis for expenditure in the Treaties.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "One of the most productive features of our economy is that of invention. However, inventors are not only faced with multiple challenges relating to their own inventions: they have to confront a veritable forest of red tape. At a moment when the Community is endeavouring to take a major step forward to catch up on lost ground in the technological field at planetary level, it is essential that inventors should be offered a new climate enabling them to develop their inventions in comfort and patent them in secure and reliable conditions, without being overwhelmed by bureaucracy. Can the Commission state whether it believes it should promote an in-depth study to ascertain the real situation of inventors in the Community, the nature of their concerns, their difficulties in relation to the two poles of Munich and The Hague, and, in general, all the factors that can make the difference between success or failure, across the range of activities in which inventors can contribute to the Community's economic activity as a whole?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-0961/00

Macroeconomics

One of the most productive features of our economy is that of invention. However, inventors are not only faced with multiple challenges relating to their own inventions: they have to confront a veritable forest of red tape. At a moment when the Community is endeavouring to take a major step forward to catch up on lost ground in the technological field at planetary level, it is essential that inventors should be offered a new climate enabling them to develop their inventions in comfort and patent them in secure and reliable conditions, without being overwhelmed by bureaucracy. Can the Commission state whether it believes it should promote an in-depth study to ascertain the real situation of inventors in the Community, the nature of their concerns, their difficulties in relation to the two poles of Munich and The Hague, and, in general, all the factors that can make the difference between success or failure, across the range of activities in which inventors can contribute to the Community's economic activity as a whole?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The fact that the Commission will consider ‘a small exposure to a diversified basket of equities via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (…) to the extent permitted by the investment guidelines’ in relation to the leftover assets of the ECSC, as stated in the answer provided to Written Question E-007736/2016, is to be welcomed. In the same answer, the Commission states that it expects all remaining loans granted by the ECSC to be fully reimbursed by 2027. 1.Is there any estimate of what the overall value of the reimbursed loans might be by 2027? It is important for the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) to remain in operation after this date, as it helps to improve the competitiveness of these strategic European industries, while reducing their environmental impact. One possibility would be to continue to reinvest the monetary value of the liquidated assets after 2027. 2.What does the Commission plan to do with the monetary value of the liquidated assets after the year 2027?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-000476-17

Macroeconomics

The fact that the Commission will consider ‘a small exposure to a diversified basket of equities via exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (…) to the extent permitted by the investment guidelines’ in relation to the leftover assets of the ECSC, as stated in the answer provided to Written Question E-007736/2016, is to be welcomed. In the same answer, the Commission states that it expects all remaining loans granted by the ECSC to be fully reimbursed by 2027. 1.Is there any estimate of what the overall value of the reimbursed loans might be by 2027? It is important for the Research Fund for Coal and Steel (RFCS) to remain in operation after this date, as it helps to improve the competitiveness of these strategic European industries, while reducing their environmental impact. One possibility would be to continue to reinvest the monetary value of the liquidated assets after 2027. 2.What does the Commission plan to do with the monetary value of the liquidated assets after the year 2027?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 24February2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that the so-called céntimo sanitario [health cent], a tax on fuel consumption, was illegal and contrary to EClaw. Despite this illegality, the mechanisms imposed in Spain for the unlawfully charged sums to be reimbursed have only made it more complicated for those affected to make their claims. What is the Commission’s opinion of the formula established by the Spanish Tax Agency for reimbursing the sums paid due to the céntimo sanitario? Does it consider that this method helps citizens to make their legitimate claims? Does it know how many claims for reimbursement have been made by those affected and how much was paid?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-005010-15

Macroeconomics

On 24February2014 the European Court of Justice ruled that the so-called céntimo sanitario [health cent], a tax on fuel consumption, was illegal and contrary to EClaw. Despite this illegality, the mechanisms imposed in Spain for the unlawfully charged sums to be reimbursed have only made it more complicated for those affected to make their claims. What is the Commission’s opinion of the formula established by the Spanish Tax Agency for reimbursing the sums paid due to the céntimo sanitario? Does it consider that this method helps citizens to make their legitimate claims? Does it know how many claims for reimbursement have been made by those affected and how much was paid?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Given that: - Taranto Sviluppo has been singled out by the EU as the intermediary body responsible for administering the overall allocation of funds for the Taranto crisis area; - after the launch of measure 2 (Aid for investment in production), Taranto Sviluppo brought to the attention of the EU and the Ministry of the Treasury the high casualty rate of projects that had been declared eligible to receive funding, given the excessively short deadlines within which undertakings were supposed to submit the copious documentation specified in calls for tenders; - Taranto Sviluppo has moved on to the next projects on the list while, with the approval of the Italian Ministry of the Treasury, the EU has insisted that this procedure should be followed only up to amaximum of 20 % of the overall funding for the measure in question, with the result that Taranto Sviluppo will be able to draw on only part of the funds potentially available." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-3275/00

Macroeconomics

Given that: - Taranto Sviluppo has been singled out by the EU as the intermediary body responsible for administering the overall allocation of funds for the Taranto crisis area; - after the launch of measure 2 (Aid for investment in production), Taranto Sviluppo brought to the attention of the EU and the Ministry of the Treasury the high casualty rate of projects that had been declared eligible to receive funding, given the excessively short deadlines within which undertakings were supposed to submit the copious documentation specified in calls for tenders; - Taranto Sviluppo has moved on to the next projects on the list while, with the approval of the Italian Ministry of the Treasury, the EU has insisted that this procedure should be followed only up to amaximum of 20 % of the overall funding for the measure in question, with the result that Taranto Sviluppo will be able to draw on only part of the funds potentially available.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Will the Commission undertake an investigation into the proposal from the French investor, François Pinault, to buy Christie's, the UK Auction House. As will most of MrPinault's acquisitions, Christie's will probably transfer from public to private ownership. Is this a matter of any concern to the Commission?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

P-1917/98

Macroeconomics

Will the Commission undertake an investigation into the proposal from the French investor, François Pinault, to buy Christie's, the UK Auction House. As will most of MrPinault's acquisitions, Christie's will probably transfer from public to private ownership. Is this a matter of any concern to the Commission?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The abolition of duty-free sales for intra-Community travel will have serious implications for employment in Schleswig-Holstein. In the structurally weak districts in this Land which are affected about 3000 jobs depend directly on duty-free sales. - Can the Commission make practical proposals on how the instruments of the Structural Funds could be targetted to counteract the negative effects of the abolition of duty-free sales, bearing in mind also the forthcoming structural fund reform and the associated changes in the support framework? - How does the Commission view the possibilities for an initiative, similar to the system created in 1992 after removal of the checks at internal frontiers for the adaptation of customs agencies, to assist, using special measures, in the restructuring of the undertakings that are worst affected and to maintain jobs? - Is there now a clear transitional tax provision for intra-community travel on ships after abolition of duty-free sales, so that, in view of the considerable differences in taxation in the Member States, there will not be tax chaos in the travel sector after 30June? - If not, will the Commission propose as quickly as possible a transitional tax provision, under simplified procedure, taking into account the lowest tax rates in each case?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-0853/99

Macroeconomics

The abolition of duty-free sales for intra-Community travel will have serious implications for employment in Schleswig-Holstein. In the structurally weak districts in this Land which are affected about 3000 jobs depend directly on duty-free sales. - Can the Commission make practical proposals on how the instruments of the Structural Funds could be targetted to counteract the negative effects of the abolition of duty-free sales, bearing in mind also the forthcoming structural fund reform and the associated changes in the support framework? - How does the Commission view the possibilities for an initiative, similar to the system created in 1992 after removal of the checks at internal frontiers for the adaptation of customs agencies, to assist, using special measures, in the restructuring of the undertakings that are worst affected and to maintain jobs? - Is there now a clear transitional tax provision for intra-community travel on ships after abolition of duty-free sales, so that, in view of the considerable differences in taxation in the Member States, there will not be tax chaos in the travel sector after 30June? - If not, will the Commission propose as quickly as possible a transitional tax provision, under simplified procedure, taking into account the lowest tax rates in each case?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The harmonization of the conditions of competition is a necessary step in the process of European unification. Given the differences in the tax regimes for heating oil in the various Member States of the European Union, can the Commission say whether it intends to take steps to ensure that the taxation of heating oil — in particular where it is used for industrial purposes — is harmonized at European level?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-2521/94

Macroeconomics

The harmonization of the conditions of competition is a necessary step in the process of European unification. Given the differences in the tax regimes for heating oil in the various Member States of the European Union, can the Commission say whether it intends to take steps to ensure that the taxation of heating oil — in particular where it is used for industrial purposes — is harmonized at European level?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 2 February 2021, the Commission reported that the fourth instalment of funding under the SURE instrument had been disbursed(1). Following these disbursements, the SURE instrument has now made EUR 53.5 billion available out of a total of 'up to EUR 100 billion' (according to President Ursula von der Leyen). These loans are intended to help Member States safeguard jobs during the COVID-19 restrictions. Now more than half of the funds have already been spent, even though we still do not know when the COVID-19 measures will end and the support has not served to cushion their economic impact in any way.1.What is the time frame for the provision of these financial resources?2.Will the Commission provide any further funding?3.Does the Commission know by how much, as percentages, SURE support has reduced the economic impact of COVID-19? (1)https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/IP_21_309" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-001302/2021

Macroeconomics

On 2 February 2021, the Commission reported that the fourth instalment of funding under the SURE instrument had been disbursed(1). Following these disbursements, the SURE instrument has now made EUR 53.5 billion available out of a total of 'up to EUR 100 billion' (according to President Ursula von der Leyen). These loans are intended to help Member States safeguard jobs during the COVID-19 restrictions. Now more than half of the funds have already been spent, even though we still do not know when the COVID-19 measures will end and the support has not served to cushion their economic impact in any way.1.What is the time frame for the provision of these financial resources?2.Will the Commission provide any further funding?3.Does the Commission know by how much, as percentages, SURE support has reduced the economic impact of COVID-19? (1)https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/de/IP_21_309

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Is the Commission aware of the bureaucratic hoops which holders of shares in companies established in other Member States have to jump through so that their tax liability may be correctly calculated? What relief measures can the Commission propose to alleviate this situation? I refer in particular to the case of the small shareholders and employee shareholders of the Aventis company who went along with the advice of the Board of Directors of Höchst AG and swapped their Höchst AG shares for shares in Aventis, a company which has its registered office in Strasbourg, France. The assessment of tax liability involves the shareholder, the depositary bank, the tax office in the shareholder's place of residence, the dividend-paying office (Strasbourg) and the French tax authorities (Paris). The shareholder collects the quintuplicate application form (RF 1A) from the Federal Finance Office or the depositary bank. He fills it in and sends all five copies to the appropriate tax office in his place of residence. That office confirms that the shareholder is resident in Germany and keeps the top copy. The other four copies are returned to the shareholder. Copies 2-5 are then sent to the dividend-paying office. That office confirms the shareholder's personal details and pays the dividend without deducting withholding tax and sends copy 2 to the French tax authorities on account of the tax credit. Copies 3-5 are returned to the shareholder, who retains copy 3 and sends copies 4 and 5 to the German tax authorities. They keep copy 4. Copy 5 is sent via the Federal Finance Office to the French tax authorities so as to ensure that the tax credit is reimbursed to the German tax authorities (see Annex)." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-1586/00

Macroeconomics

Is the Commission aware of the bureaucratic hoops which holders of shares in companies established in other Member States have to jump through so that their tax liability may be correctly calculated? What relief measures can the Commission propose to alleviate this situation? I refer in particular to the case of the small shareholders and employee shareholders of the Aventis company who went along with the advice of the Board of Directors of Höchst AG and swapped their Höchst AG shares for shares in Aventis, a company which has its registered office in Strasbourg, France. The assessment of tax liability involves the shareholder, the depositary bank, the tax office in the shareholder's place of residence, the dividend-paying office (Strasbourg) and the French tax authorities (Paris). The shareholder collects the quintuplicate application form (RF 1A) from the Federal Finance Office or the depositary bank. He fills it in and sends all five copies to the appropriate tax office in his place of residence. That office confirms that the shareholder is resident in Germany and keeps the top copy. The other four copies are returned to the shareholder. Copies 2-5 are then sent to the dividend-paying office. That office confirms the shareholder's personal details and pays the dividend without deducting withholding tax and sends copy 2 to the French tax authorities on account of the tax credit. Copies 3-5 are returned to the shareholder, who retains copy 3 and sends copies 4 and 5 to the German tax authorities. They keep copy 4. Copy 5 is sent via the Federal Finance Office to the French tax authorities so as to ensure that the tax credit is reimbursed to the German tax authorities (see Annex).

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In recent yearsDG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs has been considering how to protect non-agricultural products. Indication of origin might be a way not only to guarantee to consumers that given products have particular characteristics on account of their geographical origin and the quality and reputation associated with it, but also to protect producers from unfair competition and counterfeiting. COM(2011)0287 and the subsequent external study, published in March2013, highlighted the fact that the legal means employed at national level are not fit for purpose. The Commission Green Paper (COM(2014)0469) put forward the idea of a single European product registration system along the lines of the system already used for agricultural products. Parliament, moreover, has adopted a resolution on the same subject (P8_TA(2015)0331). Bearing in mind that there are non-agricultural products in Europe which have a high value in cultural, historical, and commercial terms: — Will the Commission set up a GI register for EU non-agricultural products? — How will it protect historically, culturally, and economically valuable products of this type as far as free trade agreements are concerned?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-007786-17

Macroeconomics

In recent yearsDG Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs has been considering how to protect non-agricultural products. Indication of origin might be a way not only to guarantee to consumers that given products have particular characteristics on account of their geographical origin and the quality and reputation associated with it, but also to protect producers from unfair competition and counterfeiting. COM(2011)0287 and the subsequent external study, published in March2013, highlighted the fact that the legal means employed at national level are not fit for purpose. The Commission Green Paper (COM(2014)0469) put forward the idea of a single European product registration system along the lines of the system already used for agricultural products. Parliament, moreover, has adopted a resolution on the same subject (P8_TA(2015)0331). Bearing in mind that there are non-agricultural products in Europe which have a high value in cultural, historical, and commercial terms: — Will the Commission set up a GI register for EU non-agricultural products? — How will it protect historically, culturally, and economically valuable products of this type as far as free trade agreements are concerned?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "News has recently emerged of a study carried out by the International Monetary Fund which was supposed to have been confidential, intended solely for governments and central banks. Despite the recent declarations of the President of the European Central Bank and the ongoing reassurance provided by European government authorities, this document paints a picture that is far from reassuring for the entire world economic system. The global slowdown is defined as ‘synchronised and without precedent’, which in the worst-case scenario would lead to a ‘lost decade, Japanese-style, in which the crisis may turn out to be prolonged in many advanced economies’(1). The same public assurances regarding banks, which the governments of developed countries continue to proffer, might not be sufficient for these financial institutions, which continue to accumulate losses as the crisis gradually moves to the real economy. It cannot be ruled out that governments themselves will become insolvent owing to a lack of resources for bailouts. The most exposed countries are precisely those with the largest banks and the largest government debts: in Europe, in other words, many countries are at risk, not only those in Eastern Europe. Does the Commission not consider it its duty to fully inform all EU citizens? Does it not believe that only total transparency and a full admission of responsibility on the part of economic leaders and governments of developed countries can help restore confidence in the medium term? (1)unofficial translation." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-2107/09

Macroeconomics

News has recently emerged of a study carried out by the International Monetary Fund which was supposed to have been confidential, intended solely for governments and central banks. Despite the recent declarations of the President of the European Central Bank and the ongoing reassurance provided by European government authorities, this document paints a picture that is far from reassuring for the entire world economic system. The global slowdown is defined as ‘synchronised and without precedent’, which in the worst-case scenario would lead to a ‘lost decade, Japanese-style, in which the crisis may turn out to be prolonged in many advanced economies’(1). The same public assurances regarding banks, which the governments of developed countries continue to proffer, might not be sufficient for these financial institutions, which continue to accumulate losses as the crisis gradually moves to the real economy. It cannot be ruled out that governments themselves will become insolvent owing to a lack of resources for bailouts. The most exposed countries are precisely those with the largest banks and the largest government debts: in Europe, in other words, many countries are at risk, not only those in Eastern Europe. Does the Commission not consider it its duty to fully inform all EU citizens? Does it not believe that only total transparency and a full admission of responsibility on the part of economic leaders and governments of developed countries can help restore confidence in the medium term? (1)unofficial translation.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Will the Commission describe the principle hurdle rate for public investment applied by each Member State government? If there is more than one hurdle rate, will it describe the rate also applied to transport infrastructure projects? Does the prospective flow of returns with which the hurdle rate is compared include social costs and benefits, and if so will the Commission provide abrief description in each case of the procedure and the key values attributed to time-savings and avoidance of deaths?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-1393/01

Macroeconomics

Will the Commission describe the principle hurdle rate for public investment applied by each Member State government? If there is more than one hurdle rate, will it describe the rate also applied to transport infrastructure projects? Does the prospective flow of returns with which the hurdle rate is compared include social costs and benefits, and if so will the Commission provide abrief description in each case of the procedure and the key values attributed to time-savings and avoidance of deaths?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "With the aim of supporting Iran’s efforts to achieve an 8% annual growth rate, theEU is pushing for the conclusion of an EU-Iran bilateral investment treaty. As part of this, theEU plans to initiate a large-scale industrial dialogue covering certain essential sectors of joint interest such as textiles, cars, raw materials, tourism and construction. The dialogue would also extend to horizontal issues such as the business environment and SME development. However, in spite of having signed a large number of contracts with European companies, Iran is in danger of being unable to honour its commitments because of a lack of cash. Will the Commission come to the aid of Iran? If so, how?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-008361-16

Macroeconomics

With the aim of supporting Iran’s efforts to achieve an 8% annual growth rate, theEU is pushing for the conclusion of an EU-Iran bilateral investment treaty. As part of this, theEU plans to initiate a large-scale industrial dialogue covering certain essential sectors of joint interest such as textiles, cars, raw materials, tourism and construction. The dialogue would also extend to horizontal issues such as the business environment and SME development. However, in spite of having signed a large number of contracts with European companies, Iran is in danger of being unable to honour its commitments because of a lack of cash. Will the Commission come to the aid of Iran? If so, how?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Commission spokesman, Olivier Bailly, admitted that some of the measures agreed as part of a Memorandum to support the Cyprus economy will be difficult: He said that the work of the Commission task force is to limit the impact of these measures on society, and that theEU will provide every assistance possible to support the Cypriot people. Can the Commission provide details on: 1. the mandate of such a task force; 2. the experience, length of mandate, actions and success (if any) of similar task forces established in other southern European Member States; 3. the proposed time schedule for the implementation of the Memorandum; 4. the specific proposals contained in the Memorandum on: — making the financial sector in Cyprus viable; — restoring fiscal stability; — boosting growth and investment?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-004084-13

Macroeconomics

Commission spokesman, Olivier Bailly, admitted that some of the measures agreed as part of a Memorandum to support the Cyprus economy will be difficult: He said that the work of the Commission task force is to limit the impact of these measures on society, and that theEU will provide every assistance possible to support the Cypriot people. Can the Commission provide details on: 1. the mandate of such a task force; 2. the experience, length of mandate, actions and success (if any) of similar task forces established in other southern European Member States; 3. the proposed time schedule for the implementation of the Memorandum; 4. the specific proposals contained in the Memorandum on: — making the financial sector in Cyprus viable; — restoring fiscal stability; — boosting growth and investment?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Can the Council please provide details of all formal and informal groups and committees currently active in the field of taxation and taxation policy at EU level? Specifically, could the Council please state: (a) the remit of these groups, (b) their composition, (c) the date these groups first met, and (d) what future meetings are scheduled?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-1755/00

Macroeconomics

Can the Council please provide details of all formal and informal groups and committees currently active in the field of taxation and taxation policy at EU level? Specifically, could the Council please state: (a) the remit of these groups, (b) their composition, (c) the date these groups first met, and (d) what future meetings are scheduled?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission's report to Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the coordination of activities to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the craft sector (COM(07)0610) (p. 30) states that in 1997 a reform was undertaken of the operating procedures of the Committee on Commerce and Distribution (CCD). At present there is also a parliamentary intergroup on commerce and distribution. Are there arrangements for coordination between both forums in relation to the subjects dealt with on a monthly basis?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-1883/98

Macroeconomics

The Commission's report to Parliament, the Council, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the coordination of activities to assist small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and the craft sector (COM(07)0610) (p. 30) states that in 1997 a reform was undertaken of the operating procedures of the Committee on Commerce and Distribution (CCD). At present there is also a parliamentary intergroup on commerce and distribution. Are there arrangements for coordination between both forums in relation to the subjects dealt with on a monthly basis?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In 2008, GECI International set up Sky Aircraft, a subsidiary created specifically for the purpose of assembling the Skylander (a light aircraft with fewer than 20 seats), on a former NATO air base situated in Chambley, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, after failed attempts to establish it in Nantes, Tarbes and Évora (Portugal). The Lorraine region provided funding for the development of the site and paid out EUR21million in advances that were to be paid back at a later date. The bill kept growing, however, until the state announced that it would be paying out EUR60million in grants. The project came to a halt on 16April2013, however, when Sky Aircraft was wound up by the Briey commercial court, with the loss of 200 jobs; the public grants have yet to be paid back. Can the Commission say if GECI International or one of its subsidiaries, SkyAircraft or ReimsAviations, has received EU grants? If so, how much money was involved? Can the Commission say whether the workers made redundant have received support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and whether the French State requested support on their behalf?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-002072-17

Macroeconomics

In 2008, GECI International set up Sky Aircraft, a subsidiary created specifically for the purpose of assembling the Skylander (a light aircraft with fewer than 20 seats), on a former NATO air base situated in Chambley, in the department of Meurthe-et-Moselle, after failed attempts to establish it in Nantes, Tarbes and Évora (Portugal). The Lorraine region provided funding for the development of the site and paid out EUR21million in advances that were to be paid back at a later date. The bill kept growing, however, until the state announced that it would be paying out EUR60million in grants. The project came to a halt on 16April2013, however, when Sky Aircraft was wound up by the Briey commercial court, with the loss of 200 jobs; the public grants have yet to be paid back. Can the Commission say if GECI International or one of its subsidiaries, SkyAircraft or ReimsAviations, has received EU grants? If so, how much money was involved? Can the Commission say whether the workers made redundant have received support from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and whether the French State requested support on their behalf?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The fight against unfair tax practices (tax evasion and avoidance) is one of the Commission’s main socio-economic priorities. However, it is clear that both at international level and, above all, in the European Union, the fight against double taxation (i.e. an activity being taxed in two places, or twice) is also a major challenge. However, it is worth noting that this is a complex matter, including for people working in the cultural sector. They are hampered by a complicated tax administration, which often requires archaic forms of certification, attestations and tedious and often costly procedures. One example is the requirement for the transfer of tax residence certificates by creators granting licences or copyrights to entities from another Member State. The lack of a unified system for issuing these certificates results in organisational chaos during the organisation of international projects and costs for creators, including double taxation. Often the cost of obtaining and delivering a certificate in the appropriate form exceeds the value of the transaction itself, which leads directly to a significant reduction in joint projects within the European Union. I would like to ask, therefore:1.Is the Commission aware of the problem of obtaining a tax residence certificate?2.Is it possible to establish a common database of taxpayers under the auspices of the EU in order to make it easier to obtain and transmit such certificates in electronic form and for them to be accepted throughout the EU?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [1]. </s>

E-000901/2020

Macroeconomics

The fight against unfair tax practices (tax evasion and avoidance) is one of the Commission’s main socio-economic priorities. However, it is clear that both at international level and, above all, in the European Union, the fight against double taxation (i.e. an activity being taxed in two places, or twice) is also a major challenge. However, it is worth noting that this is a complex matter, including for people working in the cultural sector. They are hampered by a complicated tax administration, which often requires archaic forms of certification, attestations and tedious and often costly procedures. One example is the requirement for the transfer of tax residence certificates by creators granting licences or copyrights to entities from another Member State. The lack of a unified system for issuing these certificates results in organisational chaos during the organisation of international projects and costs for creators, including double taxation. Often the cost of obtaining and delivering a certificate in the appropriate form exceeds the value of the transaction itself, which leads directly to a significant reduction in joint projects within the European Union. I would like to ask, therefore:1.Is the Commission aware of the problem of obtaining a tax residence certificate?2.Is it possible to establish a common database of taxpayers under the auspices of the EU in order to make it easier to obtain and transmit such certificates in electronic form and for them to be accepted throughout the EU?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "EU Directive 2002/98/EC on human blood and blood components recently turned 17 years old. Both the community and Commission reviews have indicated that the Directive needs to be updated to reflect recent developments, including addressing the challenge of blood shortages which have become more acute over recent weeks. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention recently strongly advised the implementation of Patient Blood Management (PBM) in order to address blood shortages.1.Will the Commission re-open Directive 2002/98/EC, the EU Blood Directive, and include the concept of Patient Blood Management within it to better manage European blood supply?2.Would the Commission welcome initiatives and funding proposals to establish a European Network of Centres of Excellence in order to support PBM education and implementation within the European healthcare community, in line with the needs listed in the 2017 PBM guidelines published by the Commission?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003898/2020

Health

EU Directive 2002/98/EC on human blood and blood components recently turned 17 years old. Both the community and Commission reviews have indicated that the Directive needs to be updated to reflect recent developments, including addressing the challenge of blood shortages which have become more acute over recent weeks. The European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention recently strongly advised the implementation of Patient Blood Management (PBM) in order to address blood shortages.1.Will the Commission re-open Directive 2002/98/EC, the EU Blood Directive, and include the concept of Patient Blood Management within it to better manage European blood supply?2.Would the Commission welcome initiatives and funding proposals to establish a European Network of Centres of Excellence in order to support PBM education and implementation within the European healthcare community, in line with the needs listed in the 2017 PBM guidelines published by the Commission?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In 1999, the EU adopted a recommendation (1999/519/EC(1)) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields. The criteria relating to exposure were defined on the basis of the scientific research available in 1999. However, the Member States may set stricter rules. The recommendation stipulates, among other things, that the authorities of the Member States must inform the public adequately of the consequences of electromagnetic waves so as to be aware of the risks they pose and take appropriate protective action. An evaluation of the recommendation must be carried out after five years, proposing, if necessary, that the recommendation be amended. Since 1999, mobile telephony has developed considerably, and the consequences of this development are not known. Research on the subject since 1999 includes two studies published in 2005 highlighting the health consequences of these electromagnetic waves and fields and the inadequacy of the protective measures in force. Have the Member States reported to the Commission on the action taken in terms of exposure levels or in terms of public information on the health risks and consequences of electromagnetic fields and waves? What research has been carried out as part of the fifth framework research and development programme (FRDP), and what were its findings? Does the Commission intend to authorise a complementary study on this topic in the light of the most recent data? In line with the recommendation’s general provisions and in the light of the findings of research conducted both within the EU and beyond, does the Commission envisage proposing a revision of the recommendation or even proposing legislation on the subject to establish measures and criteria relating to exposure that are based on the latest scientific data? (1)OJL199, 30.7.1999, p.59." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-3551/06

Health

In 1999, the EU adopted a recommendation (1999/519/EC(1)) on the limitation of exposure of the general public to electromagnetic fields. The criteria relating to exposure were defined on the basis of the scientific research available in 1999. However, the Member States may set stricter rules. The recommendation stipulates, among other things, that the authorities of the Member States must inform the public adequately of the consequences of electromagnetic waves so as to be aware of the risks they pose and take appropriate protective action. An evaluation of the recommendation must be carried out after five years, proposing, if necessary, that the recommendation be amended. Since 1999, mobile telephony has developed considerably, and the consequences of this development are not known. Research on the subject since 1999 includes two studies published in 2005 highlighting the health consequences of these electromagnetic waves and fields and the inadequacy of the protective measures in force. Have the Member States reported to the Commission on the action taken in terms of exposure levels or in terms of public information on the health risks and consequences of electromagnetic fields and waves? What research has been carried out as part of the fifth framework research and development programme (FRDP), and what were its findings? Does the Commission intend to authorise a complementary study on this topic in the light of the most recent data? In line with the recommendation’s general provisions and in the light of the findings of research conducted both within the EU and beyond, does the Commission envisage proposing a revision of the recommendation or even proposing legislation on the subject to establish measures and criteria relating to exposure that are based on the latest scientific data? (1)OJL199, 30.7.1999, p.59.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 15December2017 the Commission published a series of measures under the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) to combat the illicit trade in tobacco products. This system aims to meet the international obligations entered into by theEU and 17 of its Member States during the ratification of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The Commission implementing act does not make any technological choices regarding the implementation of the traceability system. The decision to affix a simple code or secure label is left up to the Member States, while the WHO recognises that good traceability practice is having a dual security system: a tracking code and an encrypted label. 1.Might there not be some shortcomings in the traceability system that the Commission intends to establish, owing to this lack of an encryption requirement in addition to the traceability code? 2.Why did the Commission not choose a secure encoding system?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000837-18

Health

On 15December2017 the Commission published a series of measures under the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) to combat the illicit trade in tobacco products. This system aims to meet the international obligations entered into by theEU and 17 of its Member States during the ratification of the WHO Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The Commission implementing act does not make any technological choices regarding the implementation of the traceability system. The decision to affix a simple code or secure label is left up to the Member States, while the WHO recognises that good traceability practice is having a dual security system: a tracking code and an encrypted label. 1.Might there not be some shortcomings in the traceability system that the Commission intends to establish, owing to this lack of an encryption requirement in addition to the traceability code? 2.Why did the Commission not choose a secure encoding system?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission is proposing that a scientific and technological agreement should be concluded with the People's Republic of China. It would provide for an increase in cooperation and exchanges of views on research and development. As the Committee on Budgets has already stated, further and more precise information is needed from the Commission in this regard. Without answers to the following questions it will be impossible to give this matter appropriate consideration: 1. What financial contribution will the Chinese partners be making to the research activities? 2. Are there any analyses of the benefits and cost efficiency of international cooperation agreements of this kind? If so, what do they say? 3. To what extent are scientists, research workers, officials and other public employees involved under this cooperation agreement? 4. Does this agreement also extend to research in the area of biotechnology or military biotechnology?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2323/99

Health

The Commission is proposing that a scientific and technological agreement should be concluded with the People's Republic of China. It would provide for an increase in cooperation and exchanges of views on research and development. As the Committee on Budgets has already stated, further and more precise information is needed from the Commission in this regard. Without answers to the following questions it will be impossible to give this matter appropriate consideration: 1. What financial contribution will the Chinese partners be making to the research activities? 2. Are there any analyses of the benefits and cost efficiency of international cooperation agreements of this kind? If so, what do they say? 3. To what extent are scientists, research workers, officials and other public employees involved under this cooperation agreement? 4. Does this agreement also extend to research in the area of biotechnology or military biotechnology?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The agreements on the seats of the EU institutions establish that the Directorate for Health is to be located in Luxembourg.The 2015 Georgieva/Asselborn Agreement on the permanence of the Commission’s services in Luxembourg sets out that there is to be an increase in the number of CHAFEA’s local staff.The new health programme, under the direct management of the Directorate for Health in Luxembourg, is to increase its 2021-2027 budget to better face the COVID-19 crisis.1.Does the relocation of CHAFEA to Brussels, which is to the detriment of the above-mentioned seat agreements and political commitments of the Commission, not risk irreparably compromising the role of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as one of the two main places of presence of the EU Institutions, and in particular its Health hub, which is included in the Treaties?2.What steps does the Commission intend to take to ensure the full presence of the Health hub, including CHAFEA, in Luxembourg and to guarantee the attractiveness of Luxembourg one of the seats of the European institutions?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-003093/2020

Health

The agreements on the seats of the EU institutions establish that the Directorate for Health is to be located in Luxembourg.The 2015 Georgieva/Asselborn Agreement on the permanence of the Commission’s services in Luxembourg sets out that there is to be an increase in the number of CHAFEA’s local staff.The new health programme, under the direct management of the Directorate for Health in Luxembourg, is to increase its 2021-2027 budget to better face the COVID-19 crisis.1.Does the relocation of CHAFEA to Brussels, which is to the detriment of the above-mentioned seat agreements and political commitments of the Commission, not risk irreparably compromising the role of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg as one of the two main places of presence of the EU Institutions, and in particular its Health hub, which is included in the Treaties?2.What steps does the Commission intend to take to ensure the full presence of the Health hub, including CHAFEA, in Luxembourg and to guarantee the attractiveness of Luxembourg one of the seats of the European institutions?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The sale of medicinal products on line is a new field that opened up on the Internet some time ago and is now expanding. Some of these products are prescription‐only medicines, while others are new generation medicinal products that are as yet insufficiently well-known to patients and which they are looking to buy without seeing a doctor. How does the Commission propose to support Member States in their efforts to run information campaigns on the danger to human health of using medicinal products without a prescription?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000033-16

Health

The sale of medicinal products on line is a new field that opened up on the Internet some time ago and is now expanding. Some of these products are prescription‐only medicines, while others are new generation medicinal products that are as yet insufficiently well-known to patients and which they are looking to buy without seeing a doctor. How does the Commission propose to support Member States in their efforts to run information campaigns on the danger to human health of using medicinal products without a prescription?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic neurodegenerative and, ultimately, fatal disease that has a devastating impact on families across generations. It strikes between the ages of 30 and 50, inhibits a person’s ability to work, care for their family and eventually perform day‑to‑day tasks. It affects up to 10 in 100000 people in Europe.The Commission has contributed to raising awareness of rare conditions. However, disparities between care and treatment across the EU, and inaccurate prevalence rates (partly due to social stigma), still exist.1.With regard to diseases such as Huntington’s, what steps is the Commission taking to improve their recognition and visibility?2.What steps is it taking to fund and encourage research and innovation projects in the field?3.How can the EU help national healthcare systems to have sufficient resources to ensure high‑quality healthcare services for these patients?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000325/2020

Health

Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic neurodegenerative and, ultimately, fatal disease that has a devastating impact on families across generations. It strikes between the ages of 30 and 50, inhibits a person’s ability to work, care for their family and eventually perform day‑to‑day tasks. It affects up to 10 in 100000 people in Europe.The Commission has contributed to raising awareness of rare conditions. However, disparities between care and treatment across the EU, and inaccurate prevalence rates (partly due to social stigma), still exist.1.With regard to diseases such as Huntington’s, what steps is the Commission taking to improve their recognition and visibility?2.What steps is it taking to fund and encourage research and innovation projects in the field?3.How can the EU help national healthcare systems to have sufficient resources to ensure high‑quality healthcare services for these patients?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "A report submitted to the recent Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by MrsEliza Potsa Taska describes the tragic situation of children in Albania who are victims of trafficking, abandonment, prostitution, AIDS and drugs. According to UNICEF, there are as many as 8000 young users in Tirana! A further tragic revelation is the trade in children's organs taking place between Albania and Italy. Child mortality in Albania is the highest in Europe at 26 deaths per thousand, the rate being even higher in rural areas, and the number of women dying in child-birth is also high owing to the lack of monitoring during pregnancy. In what way does the Commission propose to intervene to put an end to all forms of child exploitation in Albania and effectively protect the human rights of children?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-0259/99

Health

A report submitted to the recent Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe by MrsEliza Potsa Taska describes the tragic situation of children in Albania who are victims of trafficking, abandonment, prostitution, AIDS and drugs. According to UNICEF, there are as many as 8000 young users in Tirana! A further tragic revelation is the trade in children's organs taking place between Albania and Italy. Child mortality in Albania is the highest in Europe at 26 deaths per thousand, the rate being even higher in rural areas, and the number of women dying in child-birth is also high owing to the lack of monitoring during pregnancy. In what way does the Commission propose to intervene to put an end to all forms of child exploitation in Albania and effectively protect the human rights of children?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Admission to hospital is a traumatic experience for children, who accordingly need the presence and constant support of their parents. The Charter for Children in Hospital, drawn up in 1986, which was the subject of a European Parliament recommendation (13May 1986), specifies that accommodation should be offered to all parents and that they should be helped and encouraged to remain with their children. Parents should not need to incur additional costs or suffer loss of income as a result of this. The treatment and mobility rights of child patients can only be guaranteed if adequate provision is made, without excessive additional costs, for the presence of their parents, who are moreover required by law to attend to them during their period of hospitalisation. Given the substantial disparities existing at national and local level and even between individual establishments, can the Commission provide the following information: 1. Will it endeavour to ensure that measures are taken to facilitate the presence of parents alongside children in hospital? 2. Does it intend to ensure that the parents of child patients are given board and lodging and financial assistance or the reimbursement of expenses and afforded suitable guarantees in respect of prolonged absences from work resulting from the need to attend to children in hospital? 3. Does it intend to offer an online information service for patients concerning European hospitals offering facilities for parents to be on hand to attend to infant or juvenile inmates?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-3177/09

Health

Admission to hospital is a traumatic experience for children, who accordingly need the presence and constant support of their parents. The Charter for Children in Hospital, drawn up in 1986, which was the subject of a European Parliament recommendation (13May 1986), specifies that accommodation should be offered to all parents and that they should be helped and encouraged to remain with their children. Parents should not need to incur additional costs or suffer loss of income as a result of this. The treatment and mobility rights of child patients can only be guaranteed if adequate provision is made, without excessive additional costs, for the presence of their parents, who are moreover required by law to attend to them during their period of hospitalisation. Given the substantial disparities existing at national and local level and even between individual establishments, can the Commission provide the following information: 1. Will it endeavour to ensure that measures are taken to facilitate the presence of parents alongside children in hospital? 2. Does it intend to ensure that the parents of child patients are given board and lodging and financial assistance or the reimbursement of expenses and afforded suitable guarantees in respect of prolonged absences from work resulting from the need to attend to children in hospital? 3. Does it intend to offer an online information service for patients concerning European hospitals offering facilities for parents to be on hand to attend to infant or juvenile inmates?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Italy's leading public-health body has recently published data relating to the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis within the country's population. The figures (there were 309 cases in 1999 as against 109 in 1994) are alarming. Pneumococcal meningitis is caused by bacteria, as are meningococcal meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) and haemophilus influenzae meningitis, and is spread through the air (by coughs and sneezes), although most children are what are known as healthy carriers. However, those at most risk are close friends and relatives of such carriers and effective treatment calls for prompt action, since the illness is fatal in 60 % of cases. 1.Is the Commission aware of this state of affairs? 2.Does it hold similar data from other EU Member States and the applicant countries? 3.Does it intend to have research carried out in order to determine the incidence of meningitis in the EU Member States and the applicant countries, at least over the last four years? 4.What action does it intend to take in order to ensure that the Member States' health ministries do what is necessary to prevent any further spread of the disease?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2177/01

Health

Italy's leading public-health body has recently published data relating to the incidence of pneumococcal meningitis within the country's population. The figures (there were 309 cases in 1999 as against 109 in 1994) are alarming. Pneumococcal meningitis is caused by bacteria, as are meningococcal meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) and haemophilus influenzae meningitis, and is spread through the air (by coughs and sneezes), although most children are what are known as healthy carriers. However, those at most risk are close friends and relatives of such carriers and effective treatment calls for prompt action, since the illness is fatal in 60 % of cases. 1.Is the Commission aware of this state of affairs? 2.Does it hold similar data from other EU Member States and the applicant countries? 3.Does it intend to have research carried out in order to determine the incidence of meningitis in the EU Member States and the applicant countries, at least over the last four years? 4.What action does it intend to take in order to ensure that the Member States' health ministries do what is necessary to prevent any further spread of the disease?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Since 1January2011 the limit value in theEU for the fuel supplement methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) has been 6milligrams per litre. The manufacturers Afton Chemical had appealed to the European Court of Justice, challenging the limit value for supplementing fuel with the chemical MMT. That appeal was rejected on 8July2010. MMT is suspected of causing irreversible damage to the nervous system in mammals. Is the Commission aware of scientific studies investigating the health risks from MMT? Have European Union institutions commissioned, or will they be commissioning, studies on the risks from MMT and on the use of alternative chemicals? If so, are results already known to the Commission? Can the Commission state whether there were already limits on metallic additives to fuels — apart from regulations on the lead content in fuels — before 1January2011? Does the Commission have details of the proportions (in milligrams per litre) in which MMT was added to fuels in theEU before the limit value was introduced? What were the total quantities added per year?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-004578/2011

Health

Since 1January2011 the limit value in theEU for the fuel supplement methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) has been 6milligrams per litre. The manufacturers Afton Chemical had appealed to the European Court of Justice, challenging the limit value for supplementing fuel with the chemical MMT. That appeal was rejected on 8July2010. MMT is suspected of causing irreversible damage to the nervous system in mammals. Is the Commission aware of scientific studies investigating the health risks from MMT? Have European Union institutions commissioned, or will they be commissioning, studies on the risks from MMT and on the use of alternative chemicals? If so, are results already known to the Commission? Can the Commission state whether there were already limits on metallic additives to fuels — apart from regulations on the lead content in fuels — before 1January2011? Does the Commission have details of the proportions (in milligrams per litre) in which MMT was added to fuels in theEU before the limit value was introduced? What were the total quantities added per year?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 5 October, the Kurdish Syrian authorities announced their intention to release some 25 000 civilians who had been detained for almost two years under degrading sanitary conditions in the al-Hol prison camp in the north-east of the country. The al-Hol camp was built to house up to 10 000 people, but to date it accommodates some 65 000 prisoners, including 44 000 children. Moreover, the planned release will apparently not follow any carefully planned criteria but, on the contrary, will give priority to those from the liberated areas of Raqqa and Dayr az Zawr – now controlled by Kurdish forces – without any plan to reintegrate people into their towns or cities of origin.In view of the above, can the Vice-President / High Representative answer the following questions:1.How does he intend to ensure targeted monitoring of the health conditions of the thousands of civilians who are preparing to leave the camp, whose already alarming health and hygiene situation had been further exacerbated by the spread of COVID-19?2.How will he ensure that the planned release will concern only civilians and not the 19 000 ISIS militiamen detained there?3.Will he adopt a concrete stance in the final phase of the conflict, so as not to leave the geopolitical landscape to the strategic interests of Russia, Iran and Turkey, which could once again use the fate of millions of refugees and displaced persons as a means of blackmail?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-005667/2020

Health

On 5 October, the Kurdish Syrian authorities announced their intention to release some 25 000 civilians who had been detained for almost two years under degrading sanitary conditions in the al-Hol prison camp in the north-east of the country. The al-Hol camp was built to house up to 10 000 people, but to date it accommodates some 65 000 prisoners, including 44 000 children. Moreover, the planned release will apparently not follow any carefully planned criteria but, on the contrary, will give priority to those from the liberated areas of Raqqa and Dayr az Zawr – now controlled by Kurdish forces – without any plan to reintegrate people into their towns or cities of origin.In view of the above, can the Vice-President / High Representative answer the following questions:1.How does he intend to ensure targeted monitoring of the health conditions of the thousands of civilians who are preparing to leave the camp, whose already alarming health and hygiene situation had been further exacerbated by the spread of COVID-19?2.How will he ensure that the planned release will concern only civilians and not the 19 000 ISIS militiamen detained there?3.Will he adopt a concrete stance in the final phase of the conflict, so as not to leave the geopolitical landscape to the strategic interests of Russia, Iran and Turkey, which could once again use the fate of millions of refugees and displaced persons as a means of blackmail?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Under Danish law, Danish patients cannot receive treatment abroad for diseases that are not recognised in Denmark. Furthermore, patients can only be referred abroad for treatment which is at the research or experimental stage if the following three criteria are met: The disease must be life-threatening, the treatment must not be available in Denmark, and the treatment must be approved by an advisory panel appointed by the Danish health administration. According to the folder entitled ‘Healthier Together in the European Union’, (see http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/doc/healthier_together.pdf), ‘the EU has a legal obligation… to protect health’ and ‘All Europeans are entitled to the medical care they need’. How can the Commission ensure that all Europeans have the care they need if the same diseases are not recognised in the same way in all Member States?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4014/07

Health

Under Danish law, Danish patients cannot receive treatment abroad for diseases that are not recognised in Denmark. Furthermore, patients can only be referred abroad for treatment which is at the research or experimental stage if the following three criteria are met: The disease must be life-threatening, the treatment must not be available in Denmark, and the treatment must be approved by an advisory panel appointed by the Danish health administration. According to the folder entitled ‘Healthier Together in the European Union’, (see http://ec.europa.eu/health-eu/doc/healthier_together.pdf), ‘the EU has a legal obligation… to protect health’ and ‘All Europeans are entitled to the medical care they need’. How can the Commission ensure that all Europeans have the care they need if the same diseases are not recognised in the same way in all Member States?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The spread of the Zika virus has gained international attention in recent weeks because of the increase in infected cases. The fact that the Zika virus is not a common disease in theEU implies that Member States are not required to report cases to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As a consequence, there is wide variation in reporting by Member States. For example, the Netherlands recently reported six cases of infected people who were returning from Suriname. Several other people infected with the virus were registered in Italy, Spain, the UK, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. What steps is the Commission going to take to protect EU citizens? What factors that could cause the virus to spread in EU countries will be examined? Does the Commission intend to accelerate research into diagnostic tests, vaccines and therapeutic drugs to combat the virus?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000684-16

Health

The spread of the Zika virus has gained international attention in recent weeks because of the increase in infected cases. The fact that the Zika virus is not a common disease in theEU implies that Member States are not required to report cases to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). As a consequence, there is wide variation in reporting by Member States. For example, the Netherlands recently reported six cases of infected people who were returning from Suriname. Several other people infected with the virus were registered in Italy, Spain, the UK, Germany, Sweden and Denmark. What steps is the Commission going to take to protect EU citizens? What factors that could cause the virus to spread in EU countries will be examined? Does the Commission intend to accelerate research into diagnostic tests, vaccines and therapeutic drugs to combat the virus?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Greece currently continues to be the country with the highest caesarean birth rate, estimated at somewhere between 50 and 65%. The main reason for this appears to be the unnecessarily large number of induced and premature deliveries by means of caesarean section. By way of comparison, the average caesarean birth rate is 30% in the USA and 25% in Europe, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers 15% acceptable. 1.Does the Commission have comparative data regarding caesarean birth rates in EU Member States? 2.Given that the average caesarean birth rate in Europe is above that regarded as admissible by the WHO, has the Commission taken any action to reduce the number of unnecessary caesarean births at European level?3.Could EU funding be earmarked for national action plans to reduce the number of caesarean births in the Member States?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-009077-16

Health

Greece currently continues to be the country with the highest caesarean birth rate, estimated at somewhere between 50 and 65%. The main reason for this appears to be the unnecessarily large number of induced and premature deliveries by means of caesarean section. By way of comparison, the average caesarean birth rate is 30% in the USA and 25% in Europe, while the World Health Organisation (WHO) considers 15% acceptable. 1.Does the Commission have comparative data regarding caesarean birth rates in EU Member States? 2.Given that the average caesarean birth rate in Europe is above that regarded as admissible by the WHO, has the Commission taken any action to reduce the number of unnecessary caesarean births at European level?3.Could EU funding be earmarked for national action plans to reduce the number of caesarean births in the Member States?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The guarantee of a high level of health care is one of the aims of the European Union which was strengthened by the Amsterdam Treaty. In Greece, certain shortcomings are becoming apparent in the psychiatric care system, including the discouragement of the private treatment of patients. To be exact, while the cost of treatment in private sector institutions is set at Drs 14 000, private clinics may not charge more than Drs 7 000 per day, which is leading to the collapse of private clinics. This is in spite of the fact that 50% of psychiatric patients are treated in clinics which are under threat of closure, a threat which has already been carried out in some cases. Will the Commission say what measures it can and will take to reform the mental health sector in Greece?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4023/97

Health

The guarantee of a high level of health care is one of the aims of the European Union which was strengthened by the Amsterdam Treaty. In Greece, certain shortcomings are becoming apparent in the psychiatric care system, including the discouragement of the private treatment of patients. To be exact, while the cost of treatment in private sector institutions is set at Drs 14 000, private clinics may not charge more than Drs 7 000 per day, which is leading to the collapse of private clinics. This is in spite of the fact that 50% of psychiatric patients are treated in clinics which are under threat of closure, a threat which has already been carried out in some cases. Will the Commission say what measures it can and will take to reform the mental health sector in Greece?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In the Czech Republic, manufacturers of traditional Chinese herbal medicine products face sanctions imposed by the supervisory body for making health claims that include the words ‘according to traditional Chinese medicine’. The products are sold as food (food supplements), and it is considered that a health claim referring to traditional Chinese medicine does not mislead the consumer, but provides true and accurate information about the nature of the product. 1.Can the Commission say whether it believes that health claims containing the words ‘according to traditional Chinese medicine’ are consistent with Regulation (EC) No1924/2006?2.Is the blanket, mechanical application by a supervisory body of a pre-established list of ‘banned terms’ to products sold as food or food supplements consistent with Regulation (EC) No1924/2006?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-007377-17

Health

In the Czech Republic, manufacturers of traditional Chinese herbal medicine products face sanctions imposed by the supervisory body for making health claims that include the words ‘according to traditional Chinese medicine’. The products are sold as food (food supplements), and it is considered that a health claim referring to traditional Chinese medicine does not mislead the consumer, but provides true and accurate information about the nature of the product. 1.Can the Commission say whether it believes that health claims containing the words ‘according to traditional Chinese medicine’ are consistent with Regulation (EC) No1924/2006?2.Is the blanket, mechanical application by a supervisory body of a pre-established list of ‘banned terms’ to products sold as food or food supplements consistent with Regulation (EC) No1924/2006?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, there has been a recurrent failure to comply with provisions regarding the dispensing, within a maximum period (12 hours), of medicines that are sold out in pharmacies, but not in the distribution chain. In the case of medicines sold out in the distribution chain, due diligence is required in order to obtain supplies from distributors or manufacturers. Due to logistical constraints related to the transport of cargo by air, in critical situations where it has been established that medicines are out of stock, measures are urgently needed to ensure that the transport of medicines by air enjoys effective priority. These transport — particularly air transport — needs between the islands of the outermost regions, such as Madeira, could be adequately met with the help of specific measures within the context of EU Cohesion Policy. 1.What measures and instruments are available and could be used at EU level to support the delivery of this important public service so as to prevent the inhabitants of these regions potentially running the risk of not having access to the treatment to which they are entitled? 2.What further measures are envisaged to reduce the extra costs arising from the outermost status of the regions concerned and to help the ORs address the increased problems of access to medicines they face?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002237-19

Health

In the Autonomous Region of Madeira, there has been a recurrent failure to comply with provisions regarding the dispensing, within a maximum period (12 hours), of medicines that are sold out in pharmacies, but not in the distribution chain. In the case of medicines sold out in the distribution chain, due diligence is required in order to obtain supplies from distributors or manufacturers. Due to logistical constraints related to the transport of cargo by air, in critical situations where it has been established that medicines are out of stock, measures are urgently needed to ensure that the transport of medicines by air enjoys effective priority. These transport — particularly air transport — needs between the islands of the outermost regions, such as Madeira, could be adequately met with the help of specific measures within the context of EU Cohesion Policy. 1.What measures and instruments are available and could be used at EU level to support the delivery of this important public service so as to prevent the inhabitants of these regions potentially running the risk of not having access to the treatment to which they are entitled? 2.What further measures are envisaged to reduce the extra costs arising from the outermost status of the regions concerned and to help the ORs address the increased problems of access to medicines they face?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Cancer registries are vital for monitoring trends in the incidence, prevalence and survival of cancer in different geographical areas, to support investigations into its causes and to evaluate the effectiveness of screening and prevention programmes, as well as the impact of environmental and social factors on cancer risk. To date it is impossible to accurately quantify the incidence of cancer and survival rates in theEU, since not all Member States have national cancer registries. In addition, the quality of cancer-related data varies greatly among the different Member States. Will the Commission: — work to improve the available data and make sure that all Member States establish national cancer registries which meet the criteria of the European Network of Cancer Registries, so that reliable and comparable data on the evolution of different kinds of cancer finally become available in theEU; — submit annual reports on the implementation of cancer screening programmes in order to examine the effectiveness of the measures taken and assess the need for further action; — draw up guidelines for the Member States so that they can draw up national plans to combat and treat cancer?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003173-16

Health

Cancer registries are vital for monitoring trends in the incidence, prevalence and survival of cancer in different geographical areas, to support investigations into its causes and to evaluate the effectiveness of screening and prevention programmes, as well as the impact of environmental and social factors on cancer risk. To date it is impossible to accurately quantify the incidence of cancer and survival rates in theEU, since not all Member States have national cancer registries. In addition, the quality of cancer-related data varies greatly among the different Member States. Will the Commission: — work to improve the available data and make sure that all Member States establish national cancer registries which meet the criteria of the European Network of Cancer Registries, so that reliable and comparable data on the evolution of different kinds of cancer finally become available in theEU; — submit annual reports on the implementation of cancer screening programmes in order to examine the effectiveness of the measures taken and assess the need for further action; — draw up guidelines for the Member States so that they can draw up national plans to combat and treat cancer?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The clawback tax was introduced as a provisional measure in 2009 in response to the economic crisis. The cheaper the medicine, the higher the tax. As a result, manufacturers of generic medicines paid a higher clawback tax, since it was calculated on the price of the drug including surcharges added by distributors and pharmacies. Manufacturers of generic medicines play an important part in ensuring value for money and making medicines more affordable. Delays in reducing this tax on generic medicines are having an adverse social and economic effect, depriving patients of affordable medicines, as well as undermining manufacturers and causing job losses in this sector.In view of this, will the Commission consider the introduction of a reduced sliding-scale tax on generic medicines that is capped at a certain level?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002083/2020

Health

The clawback tax was introduced as a provisional measure in 2009 in response to the economic crisis. The cheaper the medicine, the higher the tax. As a result, manufacturers of generic medicines paid a higher clawback tax, since it was calculated on the price of the drug including surcharges added by distributors and pharmacies. Manufacturers of generic medicines play an important part in ensuring value for money and making medicines more affordable. Delays in reducing this tax on generic medicines are having an adverse social and economic effect, depriving patients of affordable medicines, as well as undermining manufacturers and causing job losses in this sector.In view of this, will the Commission consider the introduction of a reduced sliding-scale tax on generic medicines that is capped at a certain level?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 17 January 2020, I tabled to the Commission Question E-000272/2020 on an open call for screening for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer launched by the the Human Capital Operational Programme Management Authority in Romania, Romania having been mentioned in President von der Leyen's speech at the launch of the European Cancer Plan.I should now like to table an additional question about equal access to treatment for patients suffering from cervical, breast and colorectal cancer in all regions of Romania. In my opinion, the the regional breakdown on the basis of different types of cancer has not produced a fair result, since those not living close to a particular centre may not have easy access to screening.For example, breast cancer screening programmes will only operate in the northwest, west (Arad, Caraş-Severin, Hunedoara, Timiş), northeast, and southeast (Braila, Buzău, Constanta, Galați, Tulcea, Vrancea), which means that those resident in other regions will be deprived of easy access to it.In view of this, does the Commission know how the regional breakdown was planned?Does it consider that increased access to screening can be achieved in this way?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-002454/2020

Health

On 17 January 2020, I tabled to the Commission Question E-000272/2020 on an open call for screening for cervical, breast and colorectal cancer launched by the the Human Capital Operational Programme Management Authority in Romania, Romania having been mentioned in President von der Leyen's speech at the launch of the European Cancer Plan.I should now like to table an additional question about equal access to treatment for patients suffering from cervical, breast and colorectal cancer in all regions of Romania. In my opinion, the the regional breakdown on the basis of different types of cancer has not produced a fair result, since those not living close to a particular centre may not have easy access to screening.For example, breast cancer screening programmes will only operate in the northwest, west (Arad, Caraş-Severin, Hunedoara, Timiş), northeast, and southeast (Braila, Buzău, Constanta, Galați, Tulcea, Vrancea), which means that those resident in other regions will be deprived of easy access to it.In view of this, does the Commission know how the regional breakdown was planned?Does it consider that increased access to screening can be achieved in this way?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "1. Is the Commission aware that New York State levies an extra charge of 32% on health-care costs incurred by visitors (tourists) from outside the US as a means of covering the health-care costs of poor (uninsured) Americans? 2. Does the Commission consider that this amounts to unlawful discrimination against non-US nationals compared with US nationals? 3. Does the Commission agree that this imposes unwarranted additional charges on EU nationals, possibly even causing them serious financial problems, if they fall sick in the US? At all events, European sickness and travel insurance policies do not cover these extra costs. EU citizens are now being forced either to take out extra insurance or to expose themselves to an unacceptable risk. 4. Does this practice contravene agreements concluded between the US and the EU (e.g. in relation to the WTO)? 5. What action will Commission take?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-2906/97

Health

1. Is the Commission aware that New York State levies an extra charge of 32% on health-care costs incurred by visitors (tourists) from outside the US as a means of covering the health-care costs of poor (uninsured) Americans? 2. Does the Commission consider that this amounts to unlawful discrimination against non-US nationals compared with US nationals? 3. Does the Commission agree that this imposes unwarranted additional charges on EU nationals, possibly even causing them serious financial problems, if they fall sick in the US? At all events, European sickness and travel insurance policies do not cover these extra costs. EU citizens are now being forced either to take out extra insurance or to expose themselves to an unacceptable risk. 4. Does this practice contravene agreements concluded between the US and the EU (e.g. in relation to the WTO)? 5. What action will Commission take?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to several international studies, the incidence of mental illness increases in times of crisis and unemployment. In Portugal, according to a report by the Portuguese Health Systems Observatory, and based on data from a study carried out in the Alto Minho Local Health Authority area, between 2011 and 2012, cases of depression in that area went up by 30% (from 8735 cases to 11432), there were 35% more suicide attempts in men and 47% more in women, and nationally, prescriptions for antidepressants and mood stabilisers went up by 7.6% in 2012. According to the national mental health coordinator, people with chronic mental health problems that tend to be incapacitating are most likely to miss check-ups more than usual and, in some cases, these patients have stopped taking their medication or have significantly cut down how much they take. What is the Commission’s assessment of this situation? What figures does it have on the rise in the number of cases of depression and mental health problems in the EU?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-007365-13

Health

According to several international studies, the incidence of mental illness increases in times of crisis and unemployment. In Portugal, according to a report by the Portuguese Health Systems Observatory, and based on data from a study carried out in the Alto Minho Local Health Authority area, between 2011 and 2012, cases of depression in that area went up by 30% (from 8735 cases to 11432), there were 35% more suicide attempts in men and 47% more in women, and nationally, prescriptions for antidepressants and mood stabilisers went up by 7.6% in 2012. According to the national mental health coordinator, people with chronic mental health problems that tend to be incapacitating are most likely to miss check-ups more than usual and, in some cases, these patients have stopped taking their medication or have significantly cut down how much they take. What is the Commission’s assessment of this situation? What figures does it have on the rise in the number of cases of depression and mental health problems in the EU?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Association of Attica Psychiatric Hospital Nursing Staff has complained that psychiatric hospitals in Greece are facing a major problem due to the long-term detainment of psychiatric patients sentenced under the Penal Code (PC). The length of stay of this category of patient, who, under the PC, must not only be detained but also treated, has led to the malfunctioning of psychiatric hospitals in Greece, and created problems for hospital staff who are required to carry out their work, while at the same time acting as ‘guards’. These patients are kept and treated in closed wards which in most hospitals are for ‘acute cases’, and are actually intended for short-term stays. Given that: 1. Keeping patients for lengthy periods of time under these conditions leads to the development of symptoms of institutionalisation such as isolation, alienation, passivity and the loss of social skills; 2. This state of affairs has led to overcrowding at psychiatric hospitals; 3. It makes the work of hospital staff much more difficult; will the Commission say: Is the Psychargo programme a suitable means for properly treating this category of patient? If so, what measures does it intend to take, in cooperation with the Greek Government, to treat these patients in the most appropriate manner possible and to reduce overcrowding in psychiatric hospitals?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-9301/2010

Health

The Association of Attica Psychiatric Hospital Nursing Staff has complained that psychiatric hospitals in Greece are facing a major problem due to the long-term detainment of psychiatric patients sentenced under the Penal Code (PC). The length of stay of this category of patient, who, under the PC, must not only be detained but also treated, has led to the malfunctioning of psychiatric hospitals in Greece, and created problems for hospital staff who are required to carry out their work, while at the same time acting as ‘guards’. These patients are kept and treated in closed wards which in most hospitals are for ‘acute cases’, and are actually intended for short-term stays. Given that: 1. Keeping patients for lengthy periods of time under these conditions leads to the development of symptoms of institutionalisation such as isolation, alienation, passivity and the loss of social skills; 2. This state of affairs has led to overcrowding at psychiatric hospitals; 3. It makes the work of hospital staff much more difficult; will the Commission say: Is the Psychargo programme a suitable means for properly treating this category of patient? If so, what measures does it intend to take, in cooperation with the Greek Government, to treat these patients in the most appropriate manner possible and to reduce overcrowding in psychiatric hospitals?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In June, Parliament adopted by a large majority a resolution calling for increased funding for myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). It is estimated that around two million people suffer from ME/CFS in the EU alone. Researchers point out that further cases of ME/CFS are to be expected in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, and that patients who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in particular face chronic fatigue, which can make it impossible to perform basic tasks and significantly reduce quality of life. In view of the above:1.Will the Commission answer Parliament’s call and allocate additional funding and prioritise calls for projects specifically focused on biomedical research into ME/CFS, with a view to the development and validation of a biomedical diagnostic test and of effective biomedical treatments that can cure the disease or alleviate its effects?2.Does the Commission intend to allocate additional funding to research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the link between the virus and ME/CFS, including in the context of potential subsequent waves of infection, and to an analysis of the actual impact on the European economy of the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis cases in the EU?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003909/2020

Health

In June, Parliament adopted by a large majority a resolution calling for increased funding for myalgic encephalomyelitis, or chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). It is estimated that around two million people suffer from ME/CFS in the EU alone. Researchers point out that further cases of ME/CFS are to be expected in connection with the coronavirus pandemic, and that patients who have been diagnosed with Covid-19 in particular face chronic fatigue, which can make it impossible to perform basic tasks and significantly reduce quality of life. In view of the above:1.Will the Commission answer Parliament’s call and allocate additional funding and prioritise calls for projects specifically focused on biomedical research into ME/CFS, with a view to the development and validation of a biomedical diagnostic test and of effective biomedical treatments that can cure the disease or alleviate its effects?2.Does the Commission intend to allocate additional funding to research into the long-term effects of Covid-19 and the link between the virus and ME/CFS, including in the context of potential subsequent waves of infection, and to an analysis of the actual impact on the European economy of the number of myalgic encephalomyelitis cases in the EU?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The use of ‘Slam’, known as the ‘sex drug’, is on the rise in several areas of Europe, including in particular the Languedoc-Roussillon region in south-western France. This drug is made using mephedrone, a synthetic molecule that has been banned from sale in France since December2010. This product has a reputation for being a ‘superfuel’ that enables users to stay up all night and enjoy weekends of sexual marathons. It is true that this drug allows users to stay up for twodays without sleeping or eating, enhances sexual performance and heightens sensations. Despite being a banned substance, mephedrone, which is also available in tablet form, can easily be purchased online. However, this drug has dangerous side effects, both physical and psychological. Its use has also resulted in an increase in high-risk behaviours and has contributed significantly to the recorded rise in HIV and hepatitisC infections. In order to combat these dangers, does the Commission plan to control the spread of mephedrone-based products across EU countries and to adopt the measures needed to protect EU citizens?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-012463-13

Health

The use of ‘Slam’, known as the ‘sex drug’, is on the rise in several areas of Europe, including in particular the Languedoc-Roussillon region in south-western France. This drug is made using mephedrone, a synthetic molecule that has been banned from sale in France since December2010. This product has a reputation for being a ‘superfuel’ that enables users to stay up all night and enjoy weekends of sexual marathons. It is true that this drug allows users to stay up for twodays without sleeping or eating, enhances sexual performance and heightens sensations. Despite being a banned substance, mephedrone, which is also available in tablet form, can easily be purchased online. However, this drug has dangerous side effects, both physical and psychological. Its use has also resulted in an increase in high-risk behaviours and has contributed significantly to the recorded rise in HIV and hepatitisC infections. In order to combat these dangers, does the Commission plan to control the spread of mephedrone-based products across EU countries and to adopt the measures needed to protect EU citizens?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "1.Does a common framework exist for the organisation and coordination of arrangements for the certification, monitoring distribution and sale of medicines in the EU Member States? 2.What view does the Commission take of the proposal to set up a pan-European body to harmonise the operation and organisation of pharmacies in the EU Member States? 3.What initiatives, actions and funding programmes have been initiated by the Commission to ensure adequate, safe and immediate access by EU citizens to pharmaceuticals?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-5225/07

Health

1.Does a common framework exist for the organisation and coordination of arrangements for the certification, monitoring distribution and sale of medicines in the EU Member States? 2.What view does the Commission take of the proposal to set up a pan-European body to harmonise the operation and organisation of pharmacies in the EU Member States? 3.What initiatives, actions and funding programmes have been initiated by the Commission to ensure adequate, safe and immediate access by EU citizens to pharmaceuticals?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In recent weeks it has been revealed that Liberia has been declared free from Ebola according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières. Sadly, Ebola still continues to spread in the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. How is the Commission looking to prevent the further spread of Ebola in Guinea and Sierra Leone? What lessons have the Commission and the international community learnt from Liberia to help countries that continue to be affected?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-010782-15

Health

In recent weeks it has been revealed that Liberia has been declared free from Ebola according to the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières. Sadly, Ebola still continues to spread in the neighbouring countries of Guinea and Sierra Leone. How is the Commission looking to prevent the further spread of Ebola in Guinea and Sierra Leone? What lessons have the Commission and the international community learnt from Liberia to help countries that continue to be affected?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Austerity is one of the ideological pillars for emerging from the crisis that has lasted since 2008. This has resulted in reduced funding for health and for public services in general. Indeed, health policies represent major sources of public spending in the European Union: 11.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in France, 11.3% in Germany, 10.8% in Belgium, 9.2% in Italy, and so on. The Commission wishes to see a decrease in these expenses, which often leads to disastrous situations, such as that in Greece, for which some leaders want an emergency humanitarian plan to be launched. In France, for example, the Nanterre hospital has been forced to eliminate 300 jobs in order to save EUR3.1million, to the obvious detriment of the quality of care. The consequences of such a development are still hard to calculate today. Will the Commission continue to subordinate public health in Europe to short-term profitability?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-005725-15

Health

Austerity is one of the ideological pillars for emerging from the crisis that has lasted since 2008. This has resulted in reduced funding for health and for public services in general. Indeed, health policies represent major sources of public spending in the European Union: 11.7% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in France, 11.3% in Germany, 10.8% in Belgium, 9.2% in Italy, and so on. The Commission wishes to see a decrease in these expenses, which often leads to disastrous situations, such as that in Greece, for which some leaders want an emergency humanitarian plan to be launched. In France, for example, the Nanterre hospital has been forced to eliminate 300 jobs in order to save EUR3.1million, to the obvious detriment of the quality of care. The consequences of such a development are still hard to calculate today. Will the Commission continue to subordinate public health in Europe to short-term profitability?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "During the COVID-19 crisis, the Spanish authorities published a panel of indicators, including epidemiological, mobility, social and economic parameters, to guide in decision-making. However, according to a study published in The Lancet on 25 September 2020, these were random indicators and too vague for determining restrictions and their subsequent relaxation; no thresholds were given nor was there any explicit weighting to measure the effect of COVID-19. This has generated confusion in how members of the public perceive the risk and has proved very inefficient in successfully managing de-escalation. Without numerical thresholds, no figures existed on which to base the shutdown of nightlife, restrictions on meetings or locking down of population areas.Given these facts and to prevent situations such as those described in the study in The Lancet, will the Commission issue, with the assistance of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, transparent, neutral and harmonised epidemiological indicators to give guidance on restrictions and in decision-making, thereby facilitating coordinated action among all levels of government?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-005466/2020

Health

During the COVID-19 crisis, the Spanish authorities published a panel of indicators, including epidemiological, mobility, social and economic parameters, to guide in decision-making. However, according to a study published in The Lancet on 25 September 2020, these were random indicators and too vague for determining restrictions and their subsequent relaxation; no thresholds were given nor was there any explicit weighting to measure the effect of COVID-19. This has generated confusion in how members of the public perceive the risk and has proved very inefficient in successfully managing de-escalation. Without numerical thresholds, no figures existed on which to base the shutdown of nightlife, restrictions on meetings or locking down of population areas.Given these facts and to prevent situations such as those described in the study in The Lancet, will the Commission issue, with the assistance of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, transparent, neutral and harmonised epidemiological indicators to give guidance on restrictions and in decision-making, thereby facilitating coordinated action among all levels of government?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The negative impacts of both legal (tobacco, alcohol) and illegal substance addiction and non-substance addiction are very similar.In order to achieve an effective drug policy, we need to look at addictive behaviour as a whole, and integrate the structures dealing with substance and non-substance abuse. Many Member States have already put in place an integrated addiction policy, while the EU’s approach to addiction remains fragmented. Against this backdrop, we would like to ask the Commission the following questions:1.What type of cooperation is there between the Directorates-General of the Commission responsible for illegal drug addiction and those dealing with other addictive behaviours?2.Does the Commission plan to explore the possibility of integrating the issues of substance and non-substance addiction under one Directorate-General?3.The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is currently only monitoring the use of illegal drugs. Does the Commission or any EU agency also monitor the use of legal drugs and other addictive behaviours, such as compulsive gambling?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-001537/2021

Health

The negative impacts of both legal (tobacco, alcohol) and illegal substance addiction and non-substance addiction are very similar.In order to achieve an effective drug policy, we need to look at addictive behaviour as a whole, and integrate the structures dealing with substance and non-substance abuse. Many Member States have already put in place an integrated addiction policy, while the EU’s approach to addiction remains fragmented. Against this backdrop, we would like to ask the Commission the following questions:1.What type of cooperation is there between the Directorates-General of the Commission responsible for illegal drug addiction and those dealing with other addictive behaviours?2.Does the Commission plan to explore the possibility of integrating the issues of substance and non-substance addiction under one Directorate-General?3.The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction is currently only monitoring the use of illegal drugs. Does the Commission or any EU agency also monitor the use of legal drugs and other addictive behaviours, such as compulsive gambling?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Directive2005/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Directive2009/103/EC, introduced minimum amounts of cover in contracts for insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles of EUR1million in the case of damage to property and an equivalent of EUR5million in the case of personal injury for all victims of the event. In accordance with Article9(2) of the aforementioned Directive, in 2015 the Commission reviewed the minimum amounts of cover (Commission Communication 2016/C210/1) in line with changes in the European Index of Consumer Prices covering all Member States, resulting in an increase in the minimum amounts of cover. That Communication did not include countries which had adopted a transitional period for the introduction of the directive, including Poland, which brought in the increase on 11June2012. 1.When will the Commission issue a communication adjusting in line with inflation the minimum amounts laid down in Directive2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles in order to enforce the obligation to insure against such liability for countries which introduced a transitional period?2.Can the amount of cover calculated for countries with a transitional period be lower than that laid down in Communication 2016/C210/01?3.Is it appropriate to set the amount of cover at a level below that set for countries which adopted the directive without a transitional period?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-001390-18

Health

Directive2005/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Directive2009/103/EC, introduced minimum amounts of cover in contracts for insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles of EUR1million in the case of damage to property and an equivalent of EUR5million in the case of personal injury for all victims of the event. In accordance with Article9(2) of the aforementioned Directive, in 2015 the Commission reviewed the minimum amounts of cover (Commission Communication 2016/C210/1) in line with changes in the European Index of Consumer Prices covering all Member States, resulting in an increase in the minimum amounts of cover. That Communication did not include countries which had adopted a transitional period for the introduction of the directive, including Poland, which brought in the increase on 11June2012. 1.When will the Commission issue a communication adjusting in line with inflation the minimum amounts laid down in Directive2009/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to insurance against civil liability in respect of the use of motor vehicles in order to enforce the obligation to insure against such liability for countries which introduced a transitional period?2.Can the amount of cover calculated for countries with a transitional period be lower than that laid down in Communication 2016/C210/01?3.Is it appropriate to set the amount of cover at a level below that set for countries which adopted the directive without a transitional period?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Public health risks can come from various sources. The free movement of people, an increasing number of journeys and the movement of migrants and refugees from third countries mean that the health security of every EU Member State is often dependent on the situation in neighbouring countries. Diseases which develop into epidemics or pandemics do so regardless of borders, so controlling them is key. In addition to the health impact, they can also have substantial economic cost, particularly when an emergency situation lasts for an extended period. In its recent report, the Court of Auditors found substantial weaknesses in EU-level planning to protect citizens against serious health risks. The Member States have the primary responsibility for public health; the role of the Commission is to provide support and adopt supplementary measures. The EU has recognised serious health threats as an area where the Member States could be more effective by working together. A 2013 decision on serious cross-border health threats introduced a number of new measures in the area of health security, but their implementation has been hindered by delays, meaning that the Member States and the Commission are still facing strategic and operational challenges. How does the Commission, which has adopted the ECA recommendations, intend to implement recommendations 1-4 in practice, and close the loopholes in order to address the main weaknesses identified in the report?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000085-17

Health

Public health risks can come from various sources. The free movement of people, an increasing number of journeys and the movement of migrants and refugees from third countries mean that the health security of every EU Member State is often dependent on the situation in neighbouring countries. Diseases which develop into epidemics or pandemics do so regardless of borders, so controlling them is key. In addition to the health impact, they can also have substantial economic cost, particularly when an emergency situation lasts for an extended period. In its recent report, the Court of Auditors found substantial weaknesses in EU-level planning to protect citizens against serious health risks. The Member States have the primary responsibility for public health; the role of the Commission is to provide support and adopt supplementary measures. The EU has recognised serious health threats as an area where the Member States could be more effective by working together. A 2013 decision on serious cross-border health threats introduced a number of new measures in the area of health security, but their implementation has been hindered by delays, meaning that the Member States and the Commission are still facing strategic and operational challenges. How does the Commission, which has adopted the ECA recommendations, intend to implement recommendations 1-4 in practice, and close the loopholes in order to address the main weaknesses identified in the report?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "At the recent European Parliament conference of 27 and 28 November 1997 on synthetic narcotic substances, papers were given and research presented highlighting the grave danger to our young people from the use of the substance """"""""Ecstasy"""""""". This substance, as well as other synthetic narcotic substances, is being produced in large quantities in factories within the European Union, is sold very cheaply and is accessible to very young people, while its use has a devastating effect on the physical and mental health and development of young people. Will the Commission say what measures it intends to take to stop the operation of illegal Ecstasy factories in the European Union and to promote widespread information campaigns warning young people against the dangers of using this substance?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4022/97

Health

At the recent European Parliament conference of 27 and 28 November 1997 on synthetic narcotic substances, papers were given and research presented highlighting the grave danger to our young people from the use of the substance """"""""Ecstasy"""""""". This substance, as well as other synthetic narcotic substances, is being produced in large quantities in factories within the European Union, is sold very cheaply and is accessible to very young people, while its use has a devastating effect on the physical and mental health and development of young people. Will the Commission say what measures it intends to take to stop the operation of illegal Ecstasy factories in the European Union and to promote widespread information campaigns warning young people against the dangers of using this substance?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 viral pandemic, a huge number of new websites have appeared. According to media reports, experts estimate that more than 3% of the websites that have appeared since the beginning of 2020 have harmful content In addition to misinformation, phishing emails, Trojan horses, and spam are also proliferating, and criminals often exploit the panic caused by the spread of the new virus to attempt to manipulate victims (e.g. through misleading health insurance registration requests, fraudulent calls to help those in the greatest need, and fake online stores selling masks and thermometers).Is the Commission aware of these fraudulent activities? How does the Commission plan to put a stop to these activities?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-001775/2020

Health

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 viral pandemic, a huge number of new websites have appeared. According to media reports, experts estimate that more than 3% of the websites that have appeared since the beginning of 2020 have harmful content In addition to misinformation, phishing emails, Trojan horses, and spam are also proliferating, and criminals often exploit the panic caused by the spread of the new virus to attempt to manipulate victims (e.g. through misleading health insurance registration requests, fraudulent calls to help those in the greatest need, and fake online stores selling masks and thermometers).Is the Commission aware of these fraudulent activities? How does the Commission plan to put a stop to these activities?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Spanish National Drugs Programme has reported that new drug users are young people, students and people in steady jobs, who consume different types of drug (psychostimulants, alcohol, tobacco and cocaine) in large quantities at weekends. Of all the drugs involved, the Programme places particular emphasis on alcohol consumption, and figures show that 35 % of the population began drinking alcohol before the age of 16. Moreover, 1,1 % of the population admit to getting drunk every day, while 2,1 % get drunk once a week. The figures show that 39 % of regular drinkers consume alcohol on weekdays and 67 % at weekends, with an unprecedented increase in alcohol consumption among women, which matches that of men. Among 15-18year-olds, girls drink more than boys and 70.4 % of young people in this age-group drink some form of alcohol at weekends. The Programme is particularly concerned by society's tolerance of alcohol consumption. Does the Commission have similar data concerning the other Member States and, if so, can it make this information available?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0557/99

Health

The Spanish National Drugs Programme has reported that new drug users are young people, students and people in steady jobs, who consume different types of drug (psychostimulants, alcohol, tobacco and cocaine) in large quantities at weekends. Of all the drugs involved, the Programme places particular emphasis on alcohol consumption, and figures show that 35 % of the population began drinking alcohol before the age of 16. Moreover, 1,1 % of the population admit to getting drunk every day, while 2,1 % get drunk once a week. The figures show that 39 % of regular drinkers consume alcohol on weekdays and 67 % at weekends, with an unprecedented increase in alcohol consumption among women, which matches that of men. Among 15-18year-olds, girls drink more than boys and 70.4 % of young people in this age-group drink some form of alcohol at weekends. The Programme is particularly concerned by society's tolerance of alcohol consumption. Does the Commission have similar data concerning the other Member States and, if so, can it make this information available?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Catalan pharmaceutical sector is currently facing difficulties due to the Catalan Government being late in paying some EUR300million to the pharmacies. In relation to its payment deadlines, the Catalan Government is failing to comply with the contractual framework that it signed with the pharmacies and with the European Directive on late payments (2011/7/EU) and its transposition to the Kingdom of Spain (RDL 4/2013). These repeated and accumulated late payments are affecting jobs and investment in the industry. Some pharmacies have closed down. In addition, the drug chain is financed through resources that come through the pharmacies. Late payments therefore jeopardise the financial situation of pharmaceutical distribution and the industry itself. In fact, the European Commission itself has issued reports showing the negative economic impact of government default on Member States’ economies and on their economic growth. At a press conference on 8April2009, GünterVerheugen, the Vice-President of the European Commission, said: ‘Late payment by public administrations should be no longer tolerated’. Given that financial failure in the industry would have a negative impact in both social and economic terms on the European Union: — Can the Commission demand that the Kingdom of Spain enforces the existing legislation so that the Catalan Government pays pharmacies on time? — Does the Commission have lines of funding that can provide resources for Catalan pharmacies? If not, can the Commission call for the use or creation of European Investment Bank loans to fund these outstanding invoices?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-004062-13

Health

The Catalan pharmaceutical sector is currently facing difficulties due to the Catalan Government being late in paying some EUR300million to the pharmacies. In relation to its payment deadlines, the Catalan Government is failing to comply with the contractual framework that it signed with the pharmacies and with the European Directive on late payments (2011/7/EU) and its transposition to the Kingdom of Spain (RDL 4/2013). These repeated and accumulated late payments are affecting jobs and investment in the industry. Some pharmacies have closed down. In addition, the drug chain is financed through resources that come through the pharmacies. Late payments therefore jeopardise the financial situation of pharmaceutical distribution and the industry itself. In fact, the European Commission itself has issued reports showing the negative economic impact of government default on Member States’ economies and on their economic growth. At a press conference on 8April2009, GünterVerheugen, the Vice-President of the European Commission, said: ‘Late payment by public administrations should be no longer tolerated’. Given that financial failure in the industry would have a negative impact in both social and economic terms on the European Union: — Can the Commission demand that the Kingdom of Spain enforces the existing legislation so that the Catalan Government pays pharmacies on time? — Does the Commission have lines of funding that can provide resources for Catalan pharmacies? If not, can the Commission call for the use or creation of European Investment Bank loans to fund these outstanding invoices?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 28-29June2015 the Universal Health Conference, held in Riga under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency, identified strategies to promote the participation of citizens as a motive force for creating efficient, equitable health systems in Europe — and improving health for all. MrVytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health, outlined ‘prevention’ as one of the four core principles for European health. However, a survey released in August2015 by Foodwatch, a non-profit organisation, suggests that companies almost exclusively advertise unhealthy food to children. These observations point to the inadequacy of existing industry self-regulation measures. In line with MrAndriukaitis' emphasis on the need to promote health promotion, e.g.by implementing cost-effective preventative measures, how likely is it that the Commission would seriously consider the call by health experts and Foodwatch for a comprehensive advertising ban on products considered unhealthy? Can the Commission indicate what measures have been — or could be — taken in this regard?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-014104-15

Health

On 28-29June2015 the Universal Health Conference, held in Riga under the auspices of the Latvian Presidency, identified strategies to promote the participation of citizens as a motive force for creating efficient, equitable health systems in Europe — and improving health for all. MrVytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health, outlined ‘prevention’ as one of the four core principles for European health. However, a survey released in August2015 by Foodwatch, a non-profit organisation, suggests that companies almost exclusively advertise unhealthy food to children. These observations point to the inadequacy of existing industry self-regulation measures. In line with MrAndriukaitis' emphasis on the need to promote health promotion, e.g.by implementing cost-effective preventative measures, how likely is it that the Commission would seriously consider the call by health experts and Foodwatch for a comprehensive advertising ban on products considered unhealthy? Can the Commission indicate what measures have been — or could be — taken in this regard?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Article 4.3 of the Tobacco Products Directive allows the Commission to change measurement methods for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emissions from cigarettes. We believe that the Canadian Intense (CI) method is a more accurate method for measuring tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emission levels and would better protect EU citizens. According to the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the CI method mimics smoking behaviour much better than the current ISO method.1.Does the Commission agree that the CI method mimics smoking behaviour much better than the current ISO method?2.Will it, for the above-mentioned reason, adopt the CI method for the measurement of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emissions?3.When will it implement this change?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003775/2019

Health

Article 4.3 of the Tobacco Products Directive allows the Commission to change measurement methods for tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emissions from cigarettes. We believe that the Canadian Intense (CI) method is a more accurate method for measuring tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emission levels and would better protect EU citizens. According to the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), the CI method mimics smoking behaviour much better than the current ISO method.1.Does the Commission agree that the CI method mimics smoking behaviour much better than the current ISO method?2.Will it, for the above-mentioned reason, adopt the CI method for the measurement of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide emissions?3.When will it implement this change?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Is the Commission satisfied that the current use of Bisphenol A is consistent with consumer safety? Will it confirm that there is now scientific evidence that current human exposure is at about the same level as that which causes damage to the reproductive system of mice, and that Bisphenol A is aknown hormone disrupter? Will it list the current uses of Bisphenol A known to the Commission and confirm its use in protective coatings for tin cans, in white dental fillings and in polycarbonate plastic bottles? Is the Commission aware of alternative products that could be used to perform the same tasks without the same side effects?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0950/01

Health

Is the Commission satisfied that the current use of Bisphenol A is consistent with consumer safety? Will it confirm that there is now scientific evidence that current human exposure is at about the same level as that which causes damage to the reproductive system of mice, and that Bisphenol A is aknown hormone disrupter? Will it list the current uses of Bisphenol A known to the Commission and confirm its use in protective coatings for tin cans, in white dental fillings and in polycarbonate plastic bottles? Is the Commission aware of alternative products that could be used to perform the same tasks without the same side effects?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The failure by the authorities responsible to provide material and human support at the start of the pandemic has led to a devastating number of deaths and cases of COVID-19 in old people’s homes in Spain and many other EU Member States.Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union lays down that the Union shall ensure a high level of protection of human health. Furthermore, the EU shall complement Member States’ actions directed towards fighting major health scourges, including by supporting health information and education.Bearing the foregoing in mind:1.Is the Commission planning to coordinate training by Member States of staff in old people’s homes so they have the skills needed when emergencies occur and to guarantee that elderly people are cared for?2.Could the Commission lay down guidelines to improve staff working conditions in old people’s homes and arrange for Member States to exchange of best practices?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002450/2020

Health

The failure by the authorities responsible to provide material and human support at the start of the pandemic has led to a devastating number of deaths and cases of COVID-19 in old people’s homes in Spain and many other EU Member States.Article 168 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union lays down that the Union shall ensure a high level of protection of human health. Furthermore, the EU shall complement Member States’ actions directed towards fighting major health scourges, including by supporting health information and education.Bearing the foregoing in mind:1.Is the Commission planning to coordinate training by Member States of staff in old people’s homes so they have the skills needed when emergencies occur and to guarantee that elderly people are cared for?2.Could the Commission lay down guidelines to improve staff working conditions in old people’s homes and arrange for Member States to exchange of best practices?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/344, it was decided to renew the approval period of the active substance ethoprophos by granting a grace period which would expire by 21 March 2020 at the latest.As soon as this grace period expired, Spain granted an emergency authorisation for use under Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, whereby it could be placed on the market and used in certain autonomous communities.This calls to mind what happened recently with three neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam), covered by Implementing Regulations (EU)2018/783, (EU)2018/784 and (EU)2018/785, for which Lithuania and Romania immediately granted emergency authorisations. Consequently, Article 53 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 was applied and EFSA was asked for a report, which led to both countries’ emergency authorisations being banned in February 2020.1.In the Commission’s view, are we in a similar situation and, as a result, will it ask EFSA for a report on the possible misuse of Article 53?2.In the event that it does not consider making a request to EFSA necessary, can it explain what differences there are with what happened in 2018 and how it can justify not applying paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 53?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003699/2020

Health

In accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/344, it was decided to renew the approval period of the active substance ethoprophos by granting a grace period which would expire by 21 March 2020 at the latest.As soon as this grace period expired, Spain granted an emergency authorisation for use under Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, whereby it could be placed on the market and used in certain autonomous communities.This calls to mind what happened recently with three neonicotinoids (imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam), covered by Implementing Regulations (EU)2018/783, (EU)2018/784 and (EU)2018/785, for which Lithuania and Romania immediately granted emergency authorisations. Consequently, Article 53 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 was applied and EFSA was asked for a report, which led to both countries’ emergency authorisations being banned in February 2020.1.In the Commission’s view, are we in a similar situation and, as a result, will it ask EFSA for a report on the possible misuse of Article 53?2.In the event that it does not consider making a request to EFSA necessary, can it explain what differences there are with what happened in 2018 and how it can justify not applying paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 53?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The most recent World Health Organisation (WHO) studies suggest that each year 25% of people in Europe experience depression or anxiety, mental disorders which have become a serious problem in today's society. Depression is such a serious problem not only because it adds to the burden on health systems, but also because it has so many other repercussions: it impairs the quality of life of sufferers and their families, it makes finding and holding down a job more difficult and it poses a challenge for businesses as they try to manage their human resources effectively. What is more, it is worrying that increasing numbers of young people in Europe should be experiencing depression and other mental disorders, such as anxiety attacks or burnout, brought on by the pressures of modern society. AlthoughDG SANTE has published reports on the condition, and despite the Commission's funding of projects to study ways of lessening the effects of depression, statistics show that the percentage of individuals, particularly young people, who have experienced a depressive episode is climbing. Does the Commission intend to do more to combat depression in Europe, particularly among young people? What steps will it take to tackle this serious issue?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-010981-15

Health

The most recent World Health Organisation (WHO) studies suggest that each year 25% of people in Europe experience depression or anxiety, mental disorders which have become a serious problem in today's society. Depression is such a serious problem not only because it adds to the burden on health systems, but also because it has so many other repercussions: it impairs the quality of life of sufferers and their families, it makes finding and holding down a job more difficult and it poses a challenge for businesses as they try to manage their human resources effectively. What is more, it is worrying that increasing numbers of young people in Europe should be experiencing depression and other mental disorders, such as anxiety attacks or burnout, brought on by the pressures of modern society. AlthoughDG SANTE has published reports on the condition, and despite the Commission's funding of projects to study ways of lessening the effects of depression, statistics show that the percentage of individuals, particularly young people, who have experienced a depressive episode is climbing. Does the Commission intend to do more to combat depression in Europe, particularly among young people? What steps will it take to tackle this serious issue?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "This question concerns the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision adopting a programme of Community action from 1999 to 2003 on injury prevention in the context of the framework for action in the field of public health (COM(97) 178 final - 97/0132 COD (1). With regard to the budget, since the funding is allocated only until the end of 1999, does the Commission not consider it essential to ensure from the very beginning that the programme continues until 2003, i.e. the end of the envisaged period? (1)OJ C 202, 2.7.1997, p. 20." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0706/98

Health

This question concerns the proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision adopting a programme of Community action from 1999 to 2003 on injury prevention in the context of the framework for action in the field of public health (COM(97) 178 final - 97/0132 COD (1). With regard to the budget, since the funding is allocated only until the end of 1999, does the Commission not consider it essential to ensure from the very beginning that the programme continues until 2003, i.e. the end of the envisaged period? (1)OJ C 202, 2.7.1997, p. 20.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Commission has decided to allocate EUR 53 million – money originally intended for the Belarus Government – for civil society, protesters and action to combat COVID-19. As a matter of urgency, please provide me with the following information: Of the EUR 53 million, what is the precise amount allocated for each organisation?Combating COVID-19 is a matter for the Belarusian Ministry of Health and, thus, for the Belarusian Government. In what tangible way is the Commission going to combat COVID-19 in Belarus outside the government?Belarus is a sovereign state that has also been recognised as such by the EU Member States. Providing financial aid to civil society organisations without consulting the government is a form of interference within the meaning of Article 2(7) of the Charter of the United Nations. What is the Commission’s position on this?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-004775/2020

Health

The Commission has decided to allocate EUR 53 million – money originally intended for the Belarus Government – for civil society, protesters and action to combat COVID-19. As a matter of urgency, please provide me with the following information: Of the EUR 53 million, what is the precise amount allocated for each organisation?Combating COVID-19 is a matter for the Belarusian Ministry of Health and, thus, for the Belarusian Government. In what tangible way is the Commission going to combat COVID-19 in Belarus outside the government?Belarus is a sovereign state that has also been recognised as such by the EU Member States. Providing financial aid to civil society organisations without consulting the government is a form of interference within the meaning of Article 2(7) of the Charter of the United Nations. What is the Commission’s position on this?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The Greek police recently prosecuted a large number of shops selling clothes and other products manufactured using hemp (Cannabis sativa) as the raw material. These products were mostly imported from other EU countries where they are marketed legally and not subject to prosecution. Will the Commission say: 1. Does the EU have any information to support the suspicion that these products could in any way lead to an increase in the consumption of, or addiction to, drugs? 2. If so, what action does it intend to take to have the sale of such products banned in Germany, Denmark, the UK and other EU countries? 3. If not, how does it intend to ensure that they can be sold without obstruction in Greece? Could aid be made available to support the production of hemp in Greece?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4095/98

Health

The Greek police recently prosecuted a large number of shops selling clothes and other products manufactured using hemp (Cannabis sativa) as the raw material. These products were mostly imported from other EU countries where they are marketed legally and not subject to prosecution. Will the Commission say: 1. Does the EU have any information to support the suspicion that these products could in any way lead to an increase in the consumption of, or addiction to, drugs? 2. If so, what action does it intend to take to have the sale of such products banned in Germany, Denmark, the UK and other EU countries? 3. If not, how does it intend to ensure that they can be sold without obstruction in Greece? Could aid be made available to support the production of hemp in Greece?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In the context of the revision of pharmaceutical legislation, a procedure has been created for conditional authorisation for the placing on the market of new medicines that are regarded as indispensable. The conditional authorisation may be granted for a period of one year, which may be renewed, for innovative treatments as well as for products deemed to be effective in cases of supposed or declared pandemics. However, the adoption by the Commission of implementing measures in order to establish the practical arrangements for applying this procedure appears to have been delayed, for reasons that are unclear. In the light of the threat faced by Europe of a flu pandemic among humans, linked to the development of avian influenza, and the need to be able to apply this procedure to a possible vaccine, can the Commission give an assurance that this conditional authorisation procedure for placing on the market will take effect at the earliest possible date, and if possible as soon as the new pharmaceutical legislation comes into force, as originally intended?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4120/05

Health

In the context of the revision of pharmaceutical legislation, a procedure has been created for conditional authorisation for the placing on the market of new medicines that are regarded as indispensable. The conditional authorisation may be granted for a period of one year, which may be renewed, for innovative treatments as well as for products deemed to be effective in cases of supposed or declared pandemics. However, the adoption by the Commission of implementing measures in order to establish the practical arrangements for applying this procedure appears to have been delayed, for reasons that are unclear. In the light of the threat faced by Europe of a flu pandemic among humans, linked to the development of avian influenza, and the need to be able to apply this procedure to a possible vaccine, can the Commission give an assurance that this conditional authorisation procedure for placing on the market will take effect at the earliest possible date, and if possible as soon as the new pharmaceutical legislation comes into force, as originally intended?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Many insurance companies refuse to give personal tariff reductions, or ‘no-claims discounts’, for motor insurance premiums if a consumer’s claims history was built up in a Member State other than that in which they are currently resident. Where an insurance company cannot demonstrate that such a refusal is based on objective and non-discriminatory actuarial grounds, their actions would seem to constitute a breach of fundamental EU principles of free movement, fair competition and internal market compliance. Could the Commission explain what action it is taking to redress this situation, either in relation to infringements of the Treaties, existing EU legislation such as Directive2009/103/EC or further proposed legislation in the insurance field?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-010561-15

Health

Many insurance companies refuse to give personal tariff reductions, or ‘no-claims discounts’, for motor insurance premiums if a consumer’s claims history was built up in a Member State other than that in which they are currently resident. Where an insurance company cannot demonstrate that such a refusal is based on objective and non-discriminatory actuarial grounds, their actions would seem to constitute a breach of fundamental EU principles of free movement, fair competition and internal market compliance. Could the Commission explain what action it is taking to redress this situation, either in relation to infringements of the Treaties, existing EU legislation such as Directive2009/103/EC or further proposed legislation in the insurance field?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The EU is financing and coordinating research dedicated to the development of a vaccine and medicines to treat COVID-19. Tens of millions of euros of EU taxpayers’ money are being provided for programmes such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative and Horizon 2020, which fund research teams and scientists working on solutions to the pandemic.If and when a vaccine or therapy that is effective against COVID-19 is discovered in the EU, its use and distribution should be coordinated at EU level, especially if the breakthrough is the result of EU-funded research.The chaos and selfishness that marked the beginning of the pandemic in the EU must not be allowed to be repeated, as the political consequences for EU unity could be grave. When the vaccine is put on the market, it must not be treated as a commodity. Principles of solidarity and fairness should be applied and agreed upon by the Member States, or smaller and poorer Member States will be the last in line to get help.1.Are there plans to coordinate the distribution and use of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments at EU level once they are available?2.Are there plans for an EU joint procurement scheme?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002456/2020

Health

The EU is financing and coordinating research dedicated to the development of a vaccine and medicines to treat COVID-19. Tens of millions of euros of EU taxpayers’ money are being provided for programmes such as the Innovative Medicines Initiative and Horizon 2020, which fund research teams and scientists working on solutions to the pandemic.If and when a vaccine or therapy that is effective against COVID-19 is discovered in the EU, its use and distribution should be coordinated at EU level, especially if the breakthrough is the result of EU-funded research.The chaos and selfishness that marked the beginning of the pandemic in the EU must not be allowed to be repeated, as the political consequences for EU unity could be grave. When the vaccine is put on the market, it must not be treated as a commodity. Principles of solidarity and fairness should be applied and agreed upon by the Member States, or smaller and poorer Member States will be the last in line to get help.1.Are there plans to coordinate the distribution and use of COVID-19 vaccines and treatments at EU level once they are available?2.Are there plans for an EU joint procurement scheme?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The European Commission is proposing to speed up the production of COVID-19 vaccines by introducing improvements to pharmaceutical factories or building new factories.This decision comes at a time when the EU is facing a shortage of vaccines as a result of production problems.The Commission aims to use all possible means to satisfy Europe’s needs, including extra investment to improve or recondition existing factories or by building new ones.It proposes creating a programme involving hi-tech laboratories and companies, which would aim to detect and respond more swiftly to potential pathogens.1.Has the Commission implemented market-related studies or calls for tenders involving pharmaceutical factories in the EU?2.In which geographical area does the Commission advocate building new factories, and according to which criteria does it do so?3.Under which EU budget heading, and in which part of the recovery plan, will the Commission undertake these new investments?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000672/2021

Health

The European Commission is proposing to speed up the production of COVID-19 vaccines by introducing improvements to pharmaceutical factories or building new factories.This decision comes at a time when the EU is facing a shortage of vaccines as a result of production problems.The Commission aims to use all possible means to satisfy Europe’s needs, including extra investment to improve or recondition existing factories or by building new ones.It proposes creating a programme involving hi-tech laboratories and companies, which would aim to detect and respond more swiftly to potential pathogens.1.Has the Commission implemented market-related studies or calls for tenders involving pharmaceutical factories in the EU?2.In which geographical area does the Commission advocate building new factories, and according to which criteria does it do so?3.Under which EU budget heading, and in which part of the recovery plan, will the Commission undertake these new investments?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The ‘Southern Evvia Association of Families of Children with Special Needs’, which has been set up in Evvia, is seeking to build a home to provide care for children with special needs throughout the region as a whole who face an uncertain future once their parents are no longer alive. Having found a suitable site and the necessary staff (special teachersetc.), the association is now seeking funding for the construction of the home. What opportunities exist for associations seeking to provide love and care for persons with special needs to benefit from EU funding? What procedures must be followed by associations such as the above, to whom should they apply and what is the level of funding provided by the EU?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2603/07

Health

The ‘Southern Evvia Association of Families of Children with Special Needs’, which has been set up in Evvia, is seeking to build a home to provide care for children with special needs throughout the region as a whole who face an uncertain future once their parents are no longer alive. Having found a suitable site and the necessary staff (special teachersetc.), the association is now seeking funding for the construction of the home. What opportunities exist for associations seeking to provide love and care for persons with special needs to benefit from EU funding? What procedures must be followed by associations such as the above, to whom should they apply and what is the level of funding provided by the EU?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The objective of the Euripid project, which was launched in 2010, is to establish and operate a web-based database for medicine prices which will, first and foremost, provide up-to-date information to the relevant authorities on the prices of and subsidies given to medicines. The four-year-programme is 90% financed by the European Commission, 8.5% by the Hungarian authorities and 1.5% by the Austrian authorities. The authorities of 18Member States are currently involved in the project. Euripid is a tool which enables the effective application of reference pricing to participating Member States. It operates on the principle that a medicine may only be included in the subsidy system if its price does not exceed the average of the prices applied in the reference countries. Euripid is thus one of the most important ways in which medicine prices are kept low, in particular in Member States with lower budgets. Given that the Commission no longer intends to finance the project in the future, what action does the Council plan to take in order to encourage participating Member States voluntarily to take on, the Commission contribution, which is about to disappear, or to allocate this contribution?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-009634-12

Health

The objective of the Euripid project, which was launched in 2010, is to establish and operate a web-based database for medicine prices which will, first and foremost, provide up-to-date information to the relevant authorities on the prices of and subsidies given to medicines. The four-year-programme is 90% financed by the European Commission, 8.5% by the Hungarian authorities and 1.5% by the Austrian authorities. The authorities of 18Member States are currently involved in the project. Euripid is a tool which enables the effective application of reference pricing to participating Member States. It operates on the principle that a medicine may only be included in the subsidy system if its price does not exceed the average of the prices applied in the reference countries. Euripid is thus one of the most important ways in which medicine prices are kept low, in particular in Member States with lower budgets. Given that the Commission no longer intends to finance the project in the future, what action does the Council plan to take in order to encourage participating Member States voluntarily to take on, the Commission contribution, which is about to disappear, or to allocate this contribution?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to a reference document submitted to the European Parliament and in the light of many related incidents that have occurred on Greek territory, it seems that unexpected cuts are being made in the number of doctors on duty and that duty doctors are not being remunerated for their work. This has occurred, for example, in the region of Chalkidiki. Since Chalkidiki is much frequented by tourists, especially in the summer, and given that the nearest hospital to the region is in Thessaloniki which is some 60 kilometres away, the conditions of care for patients are naturally particularly poor. This situation is completely at odds with Article 141, paragraph 2(b) of the EC Treaty which states that """"""""pay for work at time rates shall be the same for the same job"""""""", something which does not of course occur in the above instances, since doctors work overtime for which they are not remunerated. Likewise, the basic social rights of workers which are protected by the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers and the Council resolution on fundamental policy options in the health sector are being violated, since they are performing compulsory work for which they are not receiving any remuneration. In view of all the above and also the lack of interest shown by the Greek Government in finding a solution to the problem, will the Commission say: 1. Will it take measures to put an end to the violation of the basic social right of workers to receive equal pay for equal work and thus ensure that overtime worked by doctors is remunerated? 2. What action can the Commission take to intervene to ensure the proper care of European citizens and to ensure that doctors in the Greek national health system enjoy dignified working conditions? 3. What measures does the Commission intend to take to put an end to the above cuts which seriously endanger the health of citizens and the care they receive? 4. How does it intend to address the fact that doctors' very health is at risk and that there is a danger that medical errors may occur, since doctors are exhausted by examining patients uninterruptedly and without the assistance of nursing staff?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2285/02

Health

According to a reference document submitted to the European Parliament and in the light of many related incidents that have occurred on Greek territory, it seems that unexpected cuts are being made in the number of doctors on duty and that duty doctors are not being remunerated for their work. This has occurred, for example, in the region of Chalkidiki. Since Chalkidiki is much frequented by tourists, especially in the summer, and given that the nearest hospital to the region is in Thessaloniki which is some 60 kilometres away, the conditions of care for patients are naturally particularly poor. This situation is completely at odds with Article 141, paragraph 2(b) of the EC Treaty which states that """"""""pay for work at time rates shall be the same for the same job"""""""", something which does not of course occur in the above instances, since doctors work overtime for which they are not remunerated. Likewise, the basic social rights of workers which are protected by the Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers and the Council resolution on fundamental policy options in the health sector are being violated, since they are performing compulsory work for which they are not receiving any remuneration. In view of all the above and also the lack of interest shown by the Greek Government in finding a solution to the problem, will the Commission say: 1. Will it take measures to put an end to the violation of the basic social right of workers to receive equal pay for equal work and thus ensure that overtime worked by doctors is remunerated? 2. What action can the Commission take to intervene to ensure the proper care of European citizens and to ensure that doctors in the Greek national health system enjoy dignified working conditions? 3. What measures does the Commission intend to take to put an end to the above cuts which seriously endanger the health of citizens and the care they receive? 4. How does it intend to address the fact that doctors' very health is at risk and that there is a danger that medical errors may occur, since doctors are exhausted by examining patients uninterruptedly and without the assistance of nursing staff?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In recent weeks, the distribution of vaccines purchased by the Commission under joint pre-purchase agreements for Member States has caused some controversy.European citizens have a need to know what the state of play is as regards this key issue for health protection. The joint purchase of vaccines was an important step in solidarity, but it must be safeguarded by transparency, especially at a time when it is being exploited in the context of an anti-Europe campaign.We therefore need to know how many doses Member States would have received if a pro rata distribution had been applied, as proposed by the Commission, and how many doses they agreed to receive in the end.In the light of the above:1.How many doses from each manufacturer have been distributed by the Commission to each Member State and how many doses will each Member State eventually receive from each manufacturer, based on the approvals and agreements drawn up so far?2.If the Commission is unable to publish this data, can it say how many vaccines were supposed to have been provided by each manufacturer based on the agreements concluded and signed so far?3.Can the Commission confirm the authenticity of the tables published by governments and in the media in recent weeks?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-001846/2021

Health

In recent weeks, the distribution of vaccines purchased by the Commission under joint pre-purchase agreements for Member States has caused some controversy.European citizens have a need to know what the state of play is as regards this key issue for health protection. The joint purchase of vaccines was an important step in solidarity, but it must be safeguarded by transparency, especially at a time when it is being exploited in the context of an anti-Europe campaign.We therefore need to know how many doses Member States would have received if a pro rata distribution had been applied, as proposed by the Commission, and how many doses they agreed to receive in the end.In the light of the above:1.How many doses from each manufacturer have been distributed by the Commission to each Member State and how many doses will each Member State eventually receive from each manufacturer, based on the approvals and agreements drawn up so far?2.If the Commission is unable to publish this data, can it say how many vaccines were supposed to have been provided by each manufacturer based on the agreements concluded and signed so far?3.Can the Commission confirm the authenticity of the tables published by governments and in the media in recent weeks?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Is the Commission of the opinion that this is aserious ethical decision and that no reply can be given to Minister Herfkens' request for European funding to offset the American change of policy on development programmes concerned with abortion until Parliament and the Council have been consulted? Does the Commission agree that MrHerfkens' request comes at an awkward moment now that the Commission is reassessing European development policy? To what extent does the Commission think that this request for aid is in line with Europe's priorities for development policy? To what extent is it Europe's responsibility to fill the breach caused by changes in the development policy of other countries? What impact does this way of operating have on the coherence of policy? What is the Commission's attitude in general towards the implementation of development programmes in which activities are financed in areas which are ethically sensitive in donor countries and/or in recipient countries?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0431/01

Health

Is the Commission of the opinion that this is aserious ethical decision and that no reply can be given to Minister Herfkens' request for European funding to offset the American change of policy on development programmes concerned with abortion until Parliament and the Council have been consulted? Does the Commission agree that MrHerfkens' request comes at an awkward moment now that the Commission is reassessing European development policy? To what extent does the Commission think that this request for aid is in line with Europe's priorities for development policy? To what extent is it Europe's responsibility to fill the breach caused by changes in the development policy of other countries? What impact does this way of operating have on the coherence of policy? What is the Commission's attitude in general towards the implementation of development programmes in which activities are financed in areas which are ethically sensitive in donor countries and/or in recipient countries?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Italy's implementation of the Community directives on medical specialists has given rise to reservations and disagreement, particularly as to whether Italian law complies with Community Directives 75/362/EEC (1), 75/363/EEC (2) and 82/76/EEC (3). In particular, many people have pointed out that, whereas in those directives doctors training as specialists are regarded as workers following special training courses, in Italian law they are regarded as """"""""students"""""""", and although they are subject to the usual obligations contained in employment contracts, they do not enjoy the accompanying rights. Does the Commission consider that the relevant Italian legislation complies with Community law and, if not, does it intend to take any specific action on the matter? (1)OJ L 167 of 30 June 1975, p. 1. (2)OJ L 167 of 30 June 1975, p. 14. (3)OJ L 43 of 15 February 1982, p. 21." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2139/96

Health

Italy's implementation of the Community directives on medical specialists has given rise to reservations and disagreement, particularly as to whether Italian law complies with Community Directives 75/362/EEC (1), 75/363/EEC (2) and 82/76/EEC (3). In particular, many people have pointed out that, whereas in those directives doctors training as specialists are regarded as workers following special training courses, in Italian law they are regarded as """"""""students"""""""", and although they are subject to the usual obligations contained in employment contracts, they do not enjoy the accompanying rights. Does the Commission consider that the relevant Italian legislation complies with Community law and, if not, does it intend to take any specific action on the matter? (1)OJ L 167 of 30 June 1975, p. 1. (2)OJ L 167 of 30 June 1975, p. 14. (3)OJ L 43 of 15 February 1982, p. 21.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The health crisis we are facing cannot be resolved without joint efforts and solidarity among the Member States. Inconsistencies in the approaches and methods used by different Member States to address the current pandemic can sometimes harm the common goal of the European Union as a whole, which is to resolve the crisis in the most effective way possible. Rule168 The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union limits the powers of the European Union because the Member States have primary competence in managing health policy. However, within its competencies, the European Union can still do much to ensure equal standards of health care for all citizens.How can a stronger, better and more universal ‘European approach to health’ be formulated?How can common health protocols be established and how can the EU better serve its citizens in protecting their own health?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002903/2020

Health

The health crisis we are facing cannot be resolved without joint efforts and solidarity among the Member States. Inconsistencies in the approaches and methods used by different Member States to address the current pandemic can sometimes harm the common goal of the European Union as a whole, which is to resolve the crisis in the most effective way possible. Rule168 The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union limits the powers of the European Union because the Member States have primary competence in managing health policy. However, within its competencies, the European Union can still do much to ensure equal standards of health care for all citizens.How can a stronger, better and more universal ‘European approach to health’ be formulated?How can common health protocols be established and how can the EU better serve its citizens in protecting their own health?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Does the Commission think that the purchasing of medicines through e-mail should be legal in the EU? If that is the case, what safeguards for the patient are in place? If not, what action is the Commission taking to stop this occurring?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-6228/08

Health

Does the Commission think that the purchasing of medicines through e-mail should be legal in the EU? If that is the case, what safeguards for the patient are in place? If not, what action is the Commission taking to stop this occurring?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 14 February 1996 Commission Directorate-General V published an invitation to tender notice concerning information actions on the activities of DG V aimed at European citizens and health professionals under the programme on information consultancy - consultancy services on administrative matters and related services (96/C 42/10 and 42/11). As a doctor and a professor at the Athens University Medical School, I am particularly sensitive to matters relating to public health. I would therefore ask the Commission to provide me with the following information: 1. Which companies tendered for Lot 1 (technical assistance office), Lot 2 (press conferences) and Lot 3 (organization of events and participation in exhibitions)? 2. What are the tenderers like from the point of view of quality and cost? 3. I would particularly like the decision adopted to be communicated to me together with the detailed reasons on which it was based." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-2181/96

Health

On 14 February 1996 Commission Directorate-General V published an invitation to tender notice concerning information actions on the activities of DG V aimed at European citizens and health professionals under the programme on information consultancy - consultancy services on administrative matters and related services (96/C 42/10 and 42/11). As a doctor and a professor at the Athens University Medical School, I am particularly sensitive to matters relating to public health. I would therefore ask the Commission to provide me with the following information: 1. Which companies tendered for Lot 1 (technical assistance office), Lot 2 (press conferences) and Lot 3 (organization of events and participation in exhibitions)? 2. What are the tenderers like from the point of view of quality and cost? 3. I would particularly like the decision adopted to be communicated to me together with the detailed reasons on which it was based.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Infection by the Zika virus, first discovered in 1947 in Uganda, occurs through the bite of a mosquito that is found in tropical and subtropical areas. The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Margaret Chan, said that the virus ‘is spreading explosively’ and that 3-4million people might be infected on the American continent alone, without ruling out the possibility of infection in Europe, too. Recently, the Brazilian authorities have reported an increase in cases of microcephaly in infants, correlating that data with the spread of the virus in the north-east of the country. However, the correlation between this neurological condition and the Zika virus has not yet been scientifically proven. Indeed, among the possible causes of microcephaly is infection of the foetus during pregnancy, but this infection could also come from other diseases such as toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella or chickenpox. Is the Commission, in coordination with the Member States, the Health Security Committee (HSC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), assessing the real health risk to the people of Europe, based on sound science? Does the Commission consider the warning being spread by the mass media, of a possible epidemic, to be justified?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-000879-16

Health

Infection by the Zika virus, first discovered in 1947 in Uganda, occurs through the bite of a mosquito that is found in tropical and subtropical areas. The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO), Margaret Chan, said that the virus ‘is spreading explosively’ and that 3-4million people might be infected on the American continent alone, without ruling out the possibility of infection in Europe, too. Recently, the Brazilian authorities have reported an increase in cases of microcephaly in infants, correlating that data with the spread of the virus in the north-east of the country. However, the correlation between this neurological condition and the Zika virus has not yet been scientifically proven. Indeed, among the possible causes of microcephaly is infection of the foetus during pregnancy, but this infection could also come from other diseases such as toxoplasmosis, syphilis, rubella or chickenpox. Is the Commission, in coordination with the Member States, the Health Security Committee (HSC) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), assessing the real health risk to the people of Europe, based on sound science? Does the Commission consider the warning being spread by the mass media, of a possible epidemic, to be justified?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Clostridium difficile infections have become the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the European Union. This is threatening the health of citizens as well as engendering extra costs for healthcare systems. Since better surveillance is needed to effectively combat the spread, can the Commission answer the following questions: 1. Which Member States have, in the Commission’s opinion, sufficient surveillance systems for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections? 2. To what extent are surveillance systems for Clostridium difficile infections being expanded to include community and nursing homes — and is the current level sufficient? 3. Which Member States have the most effective systems, and what is the Commission doing to encourage the exchange of best practices in this field?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-004649-13

Health

Clostridium difficile infections have become the most common healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) in the European Union. This is threatening the health of citizens as well as engendering extra costs for healthcare systems. Since better surveillance is needed to effectively combat the spread, can the Commission answer the following questions: 1. Which Member States have, in the Commission’s opinion, sufficient surveillance systems for hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infections? 2. To what extent are surveillance systems for Clostridium difficile infections being expanded to include community and nursing homes — and is the current level sufficient? 3. Which Member States have the most effective systems, and what is the Commission doing to encourage the exchange of best practices in this field?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "1.Can the Commission please describe the utility of serology tests in light of the recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)(1) ?2.Can the Commission explain what it is doing to assist the Member States in acquiring fast, inexpensive and accurate antigen tests to be used in hospitals, care homes, airports, cruise terminals, universities, schools, offices, factories, etc. with a view to helping the economy to get back on its feet? (1)https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-serology/" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-005026/2020

Health

1.Can the Commission please describe the utility of serology tests in light of the recommendations of the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)(1) ?2.Can the Commission explain what it is doing to assist the Member States in acquiring fast, inexpensive and accurate antigen tests to be used in hospitals, care homes, airports, cruise terminals, universities, schools, offices, factories, etc. with a view to helping the economy to get back on its feet? (1)https://www.idsociety.org/practice-guideline/covid-19-guideline-serology/

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "According to figures published in the 2009 report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and presented in May, drug sales and use have increased in Europe. The drug most commonly used in Europe is cannabis: of the 74million or so Europeans who say they have tried it, 41.5million are under the age of34; even more worryingly, about 2.5% of young Europeans use cannabis every day. In addition to the growth in cocaine and heroin use, there has been an increase in the number of online drug retailers. The online marketplace specialises in synthetic substances. The substance most widely available from online outlets — 117of which have already been identified in Europe — is sold under the name ‘spice’. The situation is made worse by the fact that, as yet, there are no scientific studies available to demonstrate the short- and long-term harmful effects on human health of these new synthetic substances, which in many cases are terrifying cocktails of other drugs. In the light of this alarming research, can the Commission answer the following questions? 1.How does it intend to tackle the problem of growing drug use in Europe and, above all, how can European civil society be encouraged to do more in this area? 2.What can be done to involve the institutions more fully in the fight against drugs? 3.Does it not think more effective action should be taken to prevent drug use? 4.Does it not think it would also be a good idea to launch an awareness-raising campaign on the effects of the new synthetic drugs being sold online, which are not yet known but are undoubtedly harmful to the health of EU citizens? 5.What suggestions does it have for ensuring better enforcement of the law and, above all, improving judicial cooperation between the Member States with a view to significantly reducing drug trafficking within theEU?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-4287/2010

Health

According to figures published in the 2009 report of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and presented in May, drug sales and use have increased in Europe. The drug most commonly used in Europe is cannabis: of the 74million or so Europeans who say they have tried it, 41.5million are under the age of34; even more worryingly, about 2.5% of young Europeans use cannabis every day. In addition to the growth in cocaine and heroin use, there has been an increase in the number of online drug retailers. The online marketplace specialises in synthetic substances. The substance most widely available from online outlets — 117of which have already been identified in Europe — is sold under the name ‘spice’. The situation is made worse by the fact that, as yet, there are no scientific studies available to demonstrate the short- and long-term harmful effects on human health of these new synthetic substances, which in many cases are terrifying cocktails of other drugs. In the light of this alarming research, can the Commission answer the following questions? 1.How does it intend to tackle the problem of growing drug use in Europe and, above all, how can European civil society be encouraged to do more in this area? 2.What can be done to involve the institutions more fully in the fight against drugs? 3.Does it not think more effective action should be taken to prevent drug use? 4.Does it not think it would also be a good idea to launch an awareness-raising campaign on the effects of the new synthetic drugs being sold online, which are not yet known but are undoubtedly harmful to the health of EU citizens? 5.What suggestions does it have for ensuring better enforcement of the law and, above all, improving judicial cooperation between the Member States with a view to significantly reducing drug trafficking within theEU?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In a report published on 30 March 2021, the WHO called for further in-depth research into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, stressing that all hypotheses remain open. Its report deals extensively with the causes of the virus, explaining the hypotheses for possible transmission pathways and scenarios. It notes that the theory of introduction through an intermediate host followed by zoonotic transmission may be questionable (page 116 of the WHO report). Based on epidemiological analysis and genetic sequencing of viruses from new cases throughout 2020, there is no evidence of repeated introduction of early SARS-CoV-2 strains of potential animal origins into humans in China. The report makes clear that no genetic or serological evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in a wide range of domestic and wild animals has been found so far. The screening of the major livestock species was done across the country and provided no evidence for circulation of a related virus, which seems to call into question the common understanding of how the pandemic emerged.Do the Commission and its executive agencies intend to refer to the various scenarios discussed in the report, in particular in the context of ‘introduction through an intermediate host’ followed by zoonotic transmission, an analysis of which is part of the broad focus of the OneHealth programme, not only in the context of AMR but also zoonotic disease control?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-001876/2021

Health

In a report published on 30 March 2021, the WHO called for further in-depth research into the origins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, stressing that all hypotheses remain open. Its report deals extensively with the causes of the virus, explaining the hypotheses for possible transmission pathways and scenarios. It notes that the theory of introduction through an intermediate host followed by zoonotic transmission may be questionable (page 116 of the WHO report). Based on epidemiological analysis and genetic sequencing of viruses from new cases throughout 2020, there is no evidence of repeated introduction of early SARS-CoV-2 strains of potential animal origins into humans in China. The report makes clear that no genetic or serological evidence for SARS-CoV-2 in a wide range of domestic and wild animals has been found so far. The screening of the major livestock species was done across the country and provided no evidence for circulation of a related virus, which seems to call into question the common understanding of how the pandemic emerged.Do the Commission and its executive agencies intend to refer to the various scenarios discussed in the report, in particular in the context of ‘introduction through an intermediate host’ followed by zoonotic transmission, an analysis of which is part of the broad focus of the OneHealth programme, not only in the context of AMR but also zoonotic disease control?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The production of clingstone peaches is of enormous economic importance for Greece, indeed Greek peaches account for 40% of the world's canned/bottled peach trade. By Commission Regulation (EU) No1131/2011 of 11November2011 amending AnnexII to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008, the Commission authorises the use of steviol glycosides in certain foods. AnnexII to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008 specifies the products in which stevia may be used. Unfortunately, the current regulations do not allow the use of stevia in canned or bottled fruit under code 4.2.3. However, according to recent studies by the American Diabetes Association, stevia may have beneficial properties in controlling glucose levels in persons suffering from diabetes. In view of the above, will the Commission say: Will it consider amending the annex to make a broader range of products, such as canned/bottled fruit, available to persons suffering from diabetes?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000752-19

Health

The production of clingstone peaches is of enormous economic importance for Greece, indeed Greek peaches account for 40% of the world's canned/bottled peach trade. By Commission Regulation (EU) No1131/2011 of 11November2011 amending AnnexII to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008, the Commission authorises the use of steviol glycosides in certain foods. AnnexII to Regulation (EC) No1333/2008 specifies the products in which stevia may be used. Unfortunately, the current regulations do not allow the use of stevia in canned or bottled fruit under code 4.2.3. However, according to recent studies by the American Diabetes Association, stevia may have beneficial properties in controlling glucose levels in persons suffering from diabetes. In view of the above, will the Commission say: Will it consider amending the annex to make a broader range of products, such as canned/bottled fruit, available to persons suffering from diabetes?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "It has been established that substances E 153 and E 171, often used as colourings in liquorice, contain nanoparticles. It has been scientifically proven that nanoparticles, when inhaled, are harmful to the lungs in particular. Danish researchers have now carried out animal experiments which indicate that ingesting some types of nanoparticle can be harmful to the liver, lungs and circulatory system. Would the Commission therefore answer the following questions. Can it really be lawful to make use of those E number substances, which, if ingested, may be harmful to human health? Can the Commission guarantee the safety of European consumers?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-009630-13

Health

It has been established that substances E 153 and E 171, often used as colourings in liquorice, contain nanoparticles. It has been scientifically proven that nanoparticles, when inhaled, are harmful to the lungs in particular. Danish researchers have now carried out animal experiments which indicate that ingesting some types of nanoparticle can be harmful to the liver, lungs and circulatory system. Would the Commission therefore answer the following questions. Can it really be lawful to make use of those E number substances, which, if ingested, may be harmful to human health? Can the Commission guarantee the safety of European consumers?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "On 27September2005, the Commission decided to withdraw its proposals for statutes for a European association and a European mutual society. In its resolution of 19February2009 on Social Economy (P6_TA(2009)0062(1)), Parliament asked the Commission to submit proposals for these statutes and called on it to launch an impact assessment of the statutes for a European association and a European mutual society. The adoption of a statute for a European mutual society is indispensible to ensure the development of this unique form of economic organisation. Currently, mutual societies are unable to develop in Europe while remaining true to their identity, despite the fact that diversity of forms of enterprise is a fundamental principle of European law. Moreover, a statute would ensure equal treatment of mutual societies with cooperative societies and companies, which have their own statutes. Finally, a stronger mutual sector in Europe would be an effective answer to Member States' financial cutbacks in the health sector and to the inadequacy, or even absence, of cover provided by insurance companies for a number of sections of the population. When will the Commission submit a proposal for a statute for a European mutual society? At the very least, when does it intend to launch an impact assessment to put the issue back on the agenda? (1)OJC76 E, 25.3.2010, p.16." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-6894/2010

Health

On 27September2005, the Commission decided to withdraw its proposals for statutes for a European association and a European mutual society. In its resolution of 19February2009 on Social Economy (P6_TA(2009)0062(1)), Parliament asked the Commission to submit proposals for these statutes and called on it to launch an impact assessment of the statutes for a European association and a European mutual society. The adoption of a statute for a European mutual society is indispensible to ensure the development of this unique form of economic organisation. Currently, mutual societies are unable to develop in Europe while remaining true to their identity, despite the fact that diversity of forms of enterprise is a fundamental principle of European law. Moreover, a statute would ensure equal treatment of mutual societies with cooperative societies and companies, which have their own statutes. Finally, a stronger mutual sector in Europe would be an effective answer to Member States' financial cutbacks in the health sector and to the inadequacy, or even absence, of cover provided by insurance companies for a number of sections of the population. When will the Commission submit a proposal for a statute for a European mutual society? At the very least, when does it intend to launch an impact assessment to put the issue back on the agenda? (1)OJC76 E, 25.3.2010, p.16.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "With regard to the ongoing discussions being held on herbal medicines with a view to establishing stricter regulation of this industry, what consideration has the Commission given to the possible impact on the aromatherapy industry? Is the Commission aware that the aromatherapy industry could suffer adversely from measures such as the restriction of sales of essential oils solely to pharmacies and/or practitioners? Will the Commission also ensure that the aromatherapy industry is represented on the relevant committees so that it is not sidelined in the debate on stricter regulation?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-3245/98

Health

With regard to the ongoing discussions being held on herbal medicines with a view to establishing stricter regulation of this industry, what consideration has the Commission given to the possible impact on the aromatherapy industry? Is the Commission aware that the aromatherapy industry could suffer adversely from measures such as the restriction of sales of essential oils solely to pharmacies and/or practitioners? Will the Commission also ensure that the aromatherapy industry is represented on the relevant committees so that it is not sidelined in the debate on stricter regulation?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "For some years, the Macedo de Cavaleiros logistics base has been operating out of temporary premises. The plans for a new building have been approved, as has their financing, part of which is from EU funds. For reasons to do with the relationship between the area and the number of staff members, the planned works have yet to go ahead. This structure is fundamentally important for the region, given that it would improve firefighters’ capacity to respond to fires in a region that is always ravaged by them, and that it would create permanent jobs in a neighbourhood severely affected by unemployment, demographics-related issues, and emigration. 1.Does the Commission know whether the delay to the start of the works is due to delays or restrictions of some kind in the allocation of funds? 2.The EU financing for the project was approved under the previous programming period. Can it still be mobilised for the works to which it was allocated? 3.If not, can the amount earmarked for the construction of the new building be allocated again under the new programming period?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-003179-19

Health

For some years, the Macedo de Cavaleiros logistics base has been operating out of temporary premises. The plans for a new building have been approved, as has their financing, part of which is from EU funds. For reasons to do with the relationship between the area and the number of staff members, the planned works have yet to go ahead. This structure is fundamentally important for the region, given that it would improve firefighters’ capacity to respond to fires in a region that is always ravaged by them, and that it would create permanent jobs in a neighbourhood severely affected by unemployment, demographics-related issues, and emigration. 1.Does the Commission know whether the delay to the start of the works is due to delays or restrictions of some kind in the allocation of funds? 2.The EU financing for the project was approved under the previous programming period. Can it still be mobilised for the works to which it was allocated? 3.If not, can the amount earmarked for the construction of the new building be allocated again under the new programming period?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Could the Commission state what funding it provides for drug prevention and education programmes for teenagers and the wider community?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2166/08

Health

Could the Commission state what funding it provides for drug prevention and education programmes for teenagers and the wider community?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "A report from the World Bank (Detailed Implementation Review, India Health Sector — World Bank from December 2007(1)) shows considerable irregularities in the World Bank's health programme running in India from 1997 until it was terminated in 2002 due to allegations of fraud and corruption. One of the problems emphasised in the report concerns the supply, buying, sale and distribution of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets, the so-called LLINs which prevent malaria. According to the report, the procurement procedure and decisions on bed netshave been such that tenders on bed nets have been subject to fraud and corruption, which resulted in high prices and different, and poorer, quality than promised. The irregularities in the management of the programme resulted in a waste oftaxpayers' money and a less effective health programme than expected, at the expense of the beneficiaries of the health programmes. As most World Bank programmes are sponsored by members of the EU, it is of great importance that the EU facilitates full transparency on these issues. 1.Does the European Commission have any documentation on these irregularities, or if not, does the European Commission intend to procure documentation of the claims in the World Bank report, thus clearing, or summoning before a court, the European companies accused in the case? If similar problems have arisen elsewhere in the world the EU could be contributing to keeping prices of bed nets artificially high due to corruption and other irregularities. 2.Will the European Commission take the initiative to investigate whether EU funds have been used legally in buying nets from the accused companies, in other parts of the world? (1)The report can be found here: (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/ORGUNITS/EXTDOII/0,,contentMDK:21810144~menuPK:5372841~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:588921,00.html)" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0664/09

Health

A report from the World Bank (Detailed Implementation Review, India Health Sector — World Bank from December 2007(1)) shows considerable irregularities in the World Bank's health programme running in India from 1997 until it was terminated in 2002 due to allegations of fraud and corruption. One of the problems emphasised in the report concerns the supply, buying, sale and distribution of long-lasting, insecticide-treated bed nets, the so-called LLINs which prevent malaria. According to the report, the procurement procedure and decisions on bed netshave been such that tenders on bed nets have been subject to fraud and corruption, which resulted in high prices and different, and poorer, quality than promised. The irregularities in the management of the programme resulted in a waste oftaxpayers' money and a less effective health programme than expected, at the expense of the beneficiaries of the health programmes. As most World Bank programmes are sponsored by members of the EU, it is of great importance that the EU facilitates full transparency on these issues. 1.Does the European Commission have any documentation on these irregularities, or if not, does the European Commission intend to procure documentation of the claims in the World Bank report, thus clearing, or summoning before a court, the European companies accused in the case? If similar problems have arisen elsewhere in the world the EU could be contributing to keeping prices of bed nets artificially high due to corruption and other irregularities. 2.Will the European Commission take the initiative to investigate whether EU funds have been used legally in buying nets from the accused companies, in other parts of the world? (1)The report can be found here: (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTABOUTUS/ORGANIZATION/ORGUNITS/EXTDOII/0,,contentMDK:21810144~menuPK:5372841~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:588921,00.html)

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the European Union intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. In this regard, the Commission has issued a call for proposals to select organisations that are eligible for a grant to involve civil society in the implementation and development of the European Union’s drugs strategy. The municipality of Siena (Tuscany, Italy) requires funding to prevent drug use, thereby helping to achieve the objectives of the EU’s drug prevention and information programme. In the light of the above, could the Commission say whether the municipality of Siena has submitted an application for said programme? If it has, could the Commission say whether the municipality of Siena has obtained the grants and whether they have been used in the correct way and within the proper time frame or whether they have had to be reimbursed?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-2600/09

Health

Numerous financing programmes have been developed for the Community programming period 2007‑13; with these programmes the European Union intends to support projects under various sectoral policies. In this regard, the Commission has issued a call for proposals to select organisations that are eligible for a grant to involve civil society in the implementation and development of the European Union’s drugs strategy. The municipality of Siena (Tuscany, Italy) requires funding to prevent drug use, thereby helping to achieve the objectives of the EU’s drug prevention and information programme. In the light of the above, could the Commission say whether the municipality of Siena has submitted an application for said programme? If it has, could the Commission say whether the municipality of Siena has obtained the grants and whether they have been used in the correct way and within the proper time frame or whether they have had to be reimbursed?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The number of malaria cases is increasing in the Lakonia prefecture. This has been confirmed by the Greek Ministry for Health, which ascribes the spread of the disease to wholesale immigration, mainly from Bangladesh. The Centre for the Control and Prevention of Disease has also indicated that this risk of contracting the disease in Greece is currently being aggravated by a large number of different factors, including the presence of immigrants from countries where the disease is endemic, who are living and working in Greece. In view of this: — Is the Commission aware of the scale of the problem caused by the reappearance of malaria in Greece? — Can it recommend a plan of action to the Greek authorities to address this problem?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000756/2012

Health

The number of malaria cases is increasing in the Lakonia prefecture. This has been confirmed by the Greek Ministry for Health, which ascribes the spread of the disease to wholesale immigration, mainly from Bangladesh. The Centre for the Control and Prevention of Disease has also indicated that this risk of contracting the disease in Greece is currently being aggravated by a large number of different factors, including the presence of immigrants from countries where the disease is endemic, who are living and working in Greece. In view of this: — Is the Commission aware of the scale of the problem caused by the reappearance of malaria in Greece? — Can it recommend a plan of action to the Greek authorities to address this problem?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The use of surgical mesh implants in urogynaecological surgery in theEU has recently been upgraded to a class III risk owing to the danger of serious and painful side effects, including infection, tissue erosion, mesh exposure, mesh shrinkage, pain and sexual dysfunction. Nonetheless, countless thousands of women are suffering on a day-to-day basis as a result of mesh erosion, after what was presented to them as a minor, low-risk, low-cost surgical practice to treat prolapsed pelvic floors and urinary incontinence, such as that which is frequently caused by complications after giving birth. What steps is the Commission taking to encourage Member States to raise awareness of these serious risks among medical professionals and the public, and to limit mesh use only to the most complex and necessary cases? Is the Commission aware of any steps being taken to provide compensation for women adversely affected by mesh erosion and other side effects?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-004598-17

Health

The use of surgical mesh implants in urogynaecological surgery in theEU has recently been upgraded to a class III risk owing to the danger of serious and painful side effects, including infection, tissue erosion, mesh exposure, mesh shrinkage, pain and sexual dysfunction. Nonetheless, countless thousands of women are suffering on a day-to-day basis as a result of mesh erosion, after what was presented to them as a minor, low-risk, low-cost surgical practice to treat prolapsed pelvic floors and urinary incontinence, such as that which is frequently caused by complications after giving birth. What steps is the Commission taking to encourage Member States to raise awareness of these serious risks among medical professionals and the public, and to limit mesh use only to the most complex and necessary cases? Is the Commission aware of any steps being taken to provide compensation for women adversely affected by mesh erosion and other side effects?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In industrialised countries, psychological eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are becoming more widespread. Ninety per cent of cases are found in females, especially girls and women aged between 13 and 30years old. The phenomenon is almost unheard of in the third world and it seems that, in industrialised countries, it is driven by the Western model of physical appearance and body shape. In a society in which traditional values have now collapsed and where true culture has been substituted by a widespread subculture of mass media, young people in particular are easily afflicted by these disorders, making their physical appearance their number one concern. Anorexia nervosa is characterised by the refusal to eat for fear of putting on weight. In addition to abstinence from food, anorexia often causes individuals to make themselves vomit, even after having eaten very small quantities of food. Bulimia is an eating disorder in which individuals binge-eat a huge quantity of food, completely losing control over their eating and continuing to eat until they feel unwell. After binging, bulimics make themselves vomit in order to ease their conscience. In the last 20years, even though there is no clear data due to the range of diagnostic criteria that are used, it is evident that there has been a notable increase in eating disorders. Studies conducted in the United States and Europe in the 1970s showed a prevalence of 0.5-0.6% for anorexia and of 2% for bulimia in the population at risk. These statistics increase significantly (from 6% to 22%) if eating habits that indicate risk are also taken into consideration. In view of this: 1. Does the Commission have percentage data on the spread of anorexia and bulimia throughout the Member States? 2. Does the Commission intend to run an information campaign aimed at young people (targeting young girls and high risk categories in particular)? If so, how will this be implemented? Does the Commission not believe that, in light of this, it would be opportune to plan a European year on the importance of a good diet in the prevention of eating disorders?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-002636/2012

Health

In industrialised countries, psychological eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are becoming more widespread. Ninety per cent of cases are found in females, especially girls and women aged between 13 and 30years old. The phenomenon is almost unheard of in the third world and it seems that, in industrialised countries, it is driven by the Western model of physical appearance and body shape. In a society in which traditional values have now collapsed and where true culture has been substituted by a widespread subculture of mass media, young people in particular are easily afflicted by these disorders, making their physical appearance their number one concern. Anorexia nervosa is characterised by the refusal to eat for fear of putting on weight. In addition to abstinence from food, anorexia often causes individuals to make themselves vomit, even after having eaten very small quantities of food. Bulimia is an eating disorder in which individuals binge-eat a huge quantity of food, completely losing control over their eating and continuing to eat until they feel unwell. After binging, bulimics make themselves vomit in order to ease their conscience. In the last 20years, even though there is no clear data due to the range of diagnostic criteria that are used, it is evident that there has been a notable increase in eating disorders. Studies conducted in the United States and Europe in the 1970s showed a prevalence of 0.5-0.6% for anorexia and of 2% for bulimia in the population at risk. These statistics increase significantly (from 6% to 22%) if eating habits that indicate risk are also taken into consideration. In view of this: 1. Does the Commission have percentage data on the spread of anorexia and bulimia throughout the Member States? 2. Does the Commission intend to run an information campaign aimed at young people (targeting young girls and high risk categories in particular)? If so, how will this be implemented? Does the Commission not believe that, in light of this, it would be opportune to plan a European year on the importance of a good diet in the prevention of eating disorders?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "In view of the increasing number of persons with allergies in Europe, will the Commission revise the Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC) (1) and include a full declaration of the composition of perfumes? Alternatively, will the Commission propose that an indication of the ten most allergenic substances in perfumes be required? (1)OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169." Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0198/98

Health

In view of the increasing number of persons with allergies in Europe, will the Commission revise the Cosmetics Directive (76/768/EEC) (1) and include a full declaration of the composition of perfumes? Alternatively, will the Commission propose that an indication of the ten most allergenic substances in perfumes be required? (1)OJ L 262, 27.9.1976, p. 169.

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "By the year 2050 it is estimated that AMR will kill over 10 million people each year, surpassing deaths related to cancer.Although AMR has been on the agenda for several years and there have been many calls from stakeholders, Member States and Parliament for a more robust response to tackling this cross-border threat, progress has been slow. There are still six Member States without a national allocation plan (NAP) on AMR, and of 31 countries analysed in a 2018 European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) 2018 study only 51% ‘could be considered as having action plans, national programmes or strategies that follow a One Health approach’.The Council conclusions of 25 June 2019 and Parliament’s resolution of 13September 2018 on a European One Health Action Plan against AMR called for designated funding to help tackle AMR. Some Member States do not possess the necessary funds to tackle this complex crisis.1.Is the Commission thinking of setting up a dedicated European AMR result-based fund to help Member States that are lagging behind in implementing NAPs to tackle AMR? This fund should be accessible only by NAPs that follow the One Health approach.2.What will it do to ensure that each Member State incorporates in its NAP measurable targets to reduce antibiotic prescriptions for both humans and animals?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000636/2020

Health

By the year 2050 it is estimated that AMR will kill over 10 million people each year, surpassing deaths related to cancer.Although AMR has been on the agenda for several years and there have been many calls from stakeholders, Member States and Parliament for a more robust response to tackling this cross-border threat, progress has been slow. There are still six Member States without a national allocation plan (NAP) on AMR, and of 31 countries analysed in a 2018 European Public Health Alliance (EPHA) 2018 study only 51% ‘could be considered as having action plans, national programmes or strategies that follow a One Health approach’.The Council conclusions of 25 June 2019 and Parliament’s resolution of 13September 2018 on a European One Health Action Plan against AMR called for designated funding to help tackle AMR. Some Member States do not possess the necessary funds to tackle this complex crisis.1.Is the Commission thinking of setting up a dedicated European AMR result-based fund to help Member States that are lagging behind in implementing NAPs to tackle AMR? This fund should be accessible only by NAPs that follow the One Health approach.2.What will it do to ensure that each Member State incorporates in its NAP measurable targets to reduce antibiotic prescriptions for both humans and animals?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The UN’s World Health Organization aims to introduce a single global vaccination certificate, which would be an important document for travellers in the future. In Estonia, a Member State of the EU, a pilot project for an electronic vaccination certificate – the ‘smart yellow card’ – has been under way since October 2020 in cooperation with the WHO.(1)1.What is the Commission’s view of the introduction of single vaccination certificates for citizens of the Member States? Is the Commission working on vaccination certificates itself or aiming to do so? If so, who is it or will it be working with?2.Can the Commission exclude the possibility of there being mandatory vaccination or even indirect mandatory vaccination – through calls for vaccinations in certain areas and parts of society and the EU – and how can the Commission guarantee the application of the principle of free movement, enshrined under Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in future?3.Does the Commission aim to gather data centrally on Member State citizens’ vaccinations or health? If so, how does it intend to do so? (1)https://www.travelnews.ch/flug/17732-die-who-prueft-einen-elektronischen-impfpass.html" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000869/2021

Health

The UN’s World Health Organization aims to introduce a single global vaccination certificate, which would be an important document for travellers in the future. In Estonia, a Member State of the EU, a pilot project for an electronic vaccination certificate – the ‘smart yellow card’ – has been under way since October 2020 in cooperation with the WHO.(1)1.What is the Commission’s view of the introduction of single vaccination certificates for citizens of the Member States? Is the Commission working on vaccination certificates itself or aiming to do so? If so, who is it or will it be working with?2.Can the Commission exclude the possibility of there being mandatory vaccination or even indirect mandatory vaccination – through calls for vaccinations in certain areas and parts of society and the EU – and how can the Commission guarantee the application of the principle of free movement, enshrined under Article 45 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, in future?3.Does the Commission aim to gather data centrally on Member State citizens’ vaccinations or health? If so, how does it intend to do so? (1)https://www.travelnews.ch/flug/17732-die-who-prueft-einen-elektronischen-impfpass.html

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "700 children recently suffered epileptic fits in Japan while watching cartoons on TV with vivid colours and flashing pictures, causing concern among the public at large. Since the problem concerns most children who watch similar programmes, will the Commission subject such television programmes to restrictions?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-0005/98

Health

700 children recently suffered epileptic fits in Japan while watching cartoons on TV with vivid colours and flashing pictures, causing concern among the public at large. Since the problem concerns most children who watch similar programmes, will the Commission subject such television programmes to restrictions?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "The use of doping in sport has increased in spectacular fashion over recent years. Professionalisation, over-commercialisation and the large sums of money involved in professional sport have turned many athletes into machines of whom impossible feats are required. As a result, sportspeople frequently resort to drugs and illegal substances which affect their health. There is a notable variation between the different Member States in attitudes to doping: this was particularly visible in the most recent Tour de France. InDecember 1998, the European Council, meeting in Vienna, stressed, in the conclusions of the presidency, the need for mobilisation against doping and for closer coordination of existing national measures by the Member States and the Commission, as well as calling on them to examine practical means of dealing with this abuse. On 17December 1998, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Commission to undertake a series of actions. Recently, on 4February 1999 in Lausanne, the World Conference on Doping in Sport adopted a number of conclusions, including a call for information campaigns. What kind of programme is the Commission drawing up on the matter, and what stage has it reached? Does the Community intend to use budget heading B3-300 to finance information campaigns on this problem?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

P-1119/99

Health

The use of doping in sport has increased in spectacular fashion over recent years. Professionalisation, over-commercialisation and the large sums of money involved in professional sport have turned many athletes into machines of whom impossible feats are required. As a result, sportspeople frequently resort to drugs and illegal substances which affect their health. There is a notable variation between the different Member States in attitudes to doping: this was particularly visible in the most recent Tour de France. InDecember 1998, the European Council, meeting in Vienna, stressed, in the conclusions of the presidency, the need for mobilisation against doping and for closer coordination of existing national measures by the Member States and the Commission, as well as calling on them to examine practical means of dealing with this abuse. On 17December 1998, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the Commission to undertake a series of actions. Recently, on 4February 1999 in Lausanne, the World Conference on Doping in Sport adopted a number of conclusions, including a call for information campaigns. What kind of programme is the Commission drawing up on the matter, and what stage has it reached? Does the Community intend to use budget heading B3-300 to finance information campaigns on this problem?

<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament. Classify the question according to only one of the policy categories below. Use only the category number taken from the list below to answer. Do not explain your answer. Text: "Following my previous Question E-006996/2014 on access in theEU to new drugs for hepatitis C, Ishould like to know whether the Commission has, as mentioned in its answer, facilitated the exchange of information and cooperation among Member States on this matter? I should also like clarification as to whether Spain has asked the Commission for help to improve the exchange of information among Member States on their pricing policies with a view to making medicines more accessible? Lastly, can the Commission confirm whether it has, as mentioned in its answer to my previous question, explored the possibility of using the joint procurement mechanism to secure more advantageous prices from the pharmaceutical industry?" Categories: [1] = Macroeconomics [2] = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties [3] = Health [4] = Agriculture and Fisheries [5] = Labour, employment and pensions [6] = Education [7] = Environment [8] = Energy [9] = Immigration [10] = Transportation [12] = Law and Crime [13] = Social welfare [14] = Regional and Urban issues and Planning [15] = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues [16] = Defence [17] = Space, science, technology, and communications issues [18] = Foreign trade [19] = International affairs and foreign aid [20] = Governance and government [21] = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues [23] = Culture and media [99] = none of the above [/INST] [3]. </s>

E-000104-15

Health

Following my previous Question E-006996/2014 on access in theEU to new drugs for hepatitis C, Ishould like to know whether the Commission has, as mentioned in its answer, facilitated the exchange of information and cooperation among Member States on this matter? I should also like clarification as to whether Spain has asked the Commission for help to improve the exchange of information among Member States on their pricing policies with a view to making medicines more accessible? Lastly, can the Commission confirm whether it has, as mentioned in its answer to my previous question, explored the possibility of using the joint procurement mechanism to secure more advantageous prices from the pharmaceutical industry?