Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea del 13/12/2022 - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
Text version What is this?Dateas is an independent website not affiliated with any government agency. The source of the PDF documents that we publish is the official agency stated in each of them. The text versions are non official transcripts that we do to provide better tools for accessing and searching information, but may contain errors or may not be complete.
Source: Diario Oficial de la Unión Europea - Comunicaciones e Informaciones
EN
13.12.2022
Official Journal of the European Union
C 473/1
I
Resolutions, recommendations and opinions
RESOLUTIONS
COUNCIL
COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION
of 9 December 2022
on strengthening prevention through early detection: A new EU approach on cancer screening replacing Council Recommendation 2003/878/EC
2022/C 473/01
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 1686 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Whereas:
1
Pursuant to Article 1681 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a high level of human health protection is to be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Union policies and activities. Union action, which is to complement national policies, is to be directed towards improving public health, preventing physical and mental illnesses and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to physical and mental health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information, education and monitoring.
2
Further development of cancer screening programmes should be implemented in accordance with national law and national and regional responsibilities for the organisation and delivery of health services and medical care in line with Article 1687 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
3
Cancer is a major disease and cause of death throughout Europe. In 2020, an estimated 2.7 million people in the Union were diagnosed with cancer. Extrapolating from the figures for 2020, it is estimated that one in two Union citizens will develop cancer during their lifetime, with long-lasting consequences for their quality of life, and only half of all cancer patients will survive.
4
Council Recommendation 2003/878/EC 1 sets out recommendations for cancer screening in the Union. It encourages EU Member States to implement population-based, quality-assured screening programmes, and it has been instrumental in improving cancer screening and ensuring that the vast majority of people in the target age ranges, from all socio-economic groups and throughout the territory, have access to organised screenings.
5
Additionally, the governance, organisational requirements and evaluation of cancer screening have been discussed and information has been shared at Union level, together with the experience acquired through the actions on cancer screening supported under the EU Health Programme 2.
1 OJ L 327, 16.12.2003, p. 34.
2 https www.ipaac.eu/
