Traducción de «Protección sanitaria ambiental » (Español → Inglés) :

‘substance’ means any chemical element and its compounds, with the exception of radioactive substances within the meaning of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation and genetically modified organisms within the meaning of Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms and Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modif ...[+++]ied organisms

G. whereas the Court of Justice has held that the Euratom Treaty Chapter on Health and Safety forms a "coherent whole conferring upon the Commission powers of some considerable scope in order to protect the population and the environment against the risks of nuclear contamination" and whereas the Court has also upheld a broad interpretation of the provisions of that Chapter in order "to ensure the consistent and effective protection of the health of the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiations, whatever their source" ,

G. whereas the Court of Justice has held that the EAEC Treaty Chapter on Health and Safety forms a "coherent whole conferring upon the Commission powers of some considerable scope in order to protect the population and the environment against the risks of nuclear contamination" and whereas the Court has also upheld a broad interpretation of the provisions of that Chapter in order "to ensure the consistent and effective protection of the health of the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiations, whatever their source",

The Commission is nevertheless examining the compliance of the procedure for granting the authorisation with all provisions of the Basic Safety Standards Directive (96/29/EURATOM) and with the Directive on the assessment of the environmental impact (85/337/EEC).

The Commission’s White Paper, produced by the Environment and Enterprise Directorates-General, is trying to create a high degree of health and environmental protection, at the same time as maintaining the competitiveness of the European chemicals industry.

To ensure that the Community's global health strategy is coherent, there has to be a close link between public health measures and health-related initiatives taken in other policy areas such as the single market, consumer protection, social protection, employment and the environment.