Traduction de «Rapport de protection en basse fréquence » (Français → Anglais) :

(Return tabled) Question No. 864 Ms. Kirsty Duncan: With respect to mental health and suicide in the Canadian Forces (CF), including regular forces, reservists and veterans, as well as among Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) veterans: (a) what does history and research show from the First World War (WWI) and the Second World War (WWII), regarding the percentage of Canadian veterans who suffered some degree of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and how it might have impacted their ability to (i) hold down jobs, (ii) maintain relationships, (iii) overcome substance abuse, (iv) maintain their will to live; (b) how are suicides tracke ...[+++]d for CF regular forces, reservists and veterans, including RCMP veterans, (i) has the tracking method changed over time (from 2000 onwards) for any of these groups, including name changes (e.g., suicide versus sudden death) and, if so, how, why and when, (ii) how are suicides tracked among veterans who may not be known to Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) and who may be under other types of care (e.g., in hospitals) or in homeless shelters, prisons, etc.; (c) what are the identified gaps in tracking for each of the identified groups and, for each gap, what action items (i) are planned (including predicted start and completion dates, and necessary funding), (ii) are being implemented (including predicted completion date and necessary funding), (iii) have been completed to address the problem; (d) how are suicides investigated for each identified group today and, for each group, for the years 1990 to the present (or years available), (i) what percentage of victims were known to either the Department of National Defense (DND) or VAC prior to the suicide, or to the medical, social-aid or prison system, (ii) what percentage had attempted suicide before, (iii) what percentage suffered from an identified Operational Stress Injury (OSI), including PTSD, anxiety, depression or substance abuse, (iv) what percentage suffered from acquired brain ...

In addition, the International Commission for Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) is currently in the process of revising the guidelines regarding static magnetic fields and time varying low frequency range fields on which the directive was originally based: these studies could confirm the need to set less stringent action and limit values than those set by the directive for low frequency fields.

That is, there is a European Parliament Resolution from 1999 on the effects of military technology on the environment and, in relation to this specific issue, there are a couple of written questions to the Commission, the first presented by Mr Sturdy and replied to by Mr Busquin, which indicated that no aid had been requested for research into this issue, and the second, subsequently, by Mrs Caroline Lucas, replied to by Commissioner Wallström, on the effect of low-frequency sonar.

Is the Commission aware that in a report to Congress the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission expressed concern that if the LFA system is deployed worldwide, ‘all species and populations of marine mammals could possibly be affected’?

4. Calls on the Commission to strengthen its efforts in making all EU Member States, especially the ten new Member States, and the applicant countries, fully aware of and dedicated to implementing the key objectives for the protection of the European Communities' interests and the fight against fraud, in particular an intensified inter-institutional approach to preventing and fighting corruption and fraud in the area of structural and cohesion policies through enhanced transparency and a better standard of on-the-spot checks of Member State control systems in force, and regularly performed exante evaluations and expost verifications of project-related ...[+++]financial reports by the European Court of Auditors;

STATE OF HEALTH IN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - COUNCIL CONCLUSIONS "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, welcomes the Commission's report of 19 July 1995 on the state of health in the European Community; notes that, as the report was prepared before the accession of the new Member States, no information on them is included; notes with satisfaction the Commission's intention of submitting regular reports on the state of health; emphasizes the need for cooperation to this end with the international organizations responsible for public hea ...[+++]lth; considers that the preparation of reports containing comprehensive and accurate information on health status, determinants of health and health-related activities throughout the Community provides a way in which to help improve public knowledge and understanding of major health problems in the Community and of the action and programmes being undertaken at Community and Member State levels; considers that these reports should provide useful information to be used in the planning of measures to be undertaken at Community level as well as for the evaluation of those already being carried out; agrees to consider further, in the context of the Commission's proposal for the adoption of a programme of Community action on health monitoring, inter alia: - the objective and format of future reports; - the sources of data to be used; - the frequency of their publication; - how they might be used as a basis for determining priorities for Community action".