WRITTEN QUESTION No. 2808/98 by Bernard LEHIDEUX to the Commission. European directives preventing the recognition of hospital pharmacy as a discipline in its own right
29. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 118/147 Finally, the Council fully supports implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1160, including its provisions calling for measures to stop the flow of external support to UCK in Kosovo, including the supply of arms and training. (1999/C 118/183) WRITTEN QUESTION E-2801/98 by Christof Tannert (PSE) to the Council (18 September 1998) Subject: Code of Conduct for European companies operating in third countries In paragraph 20 of its resolution (A4-400/96) (1) of 12 December 1996 on human rights throughout the world in 1995-1996 and the Unionís human rights policy, Parliament ácalls on the Commission and the Council rapidly to submit a proposal on a Code of Conduct for European companies operating in third countries which obliges them to respect human rights in all their forms (civil, social, economical, environmental), including mechanisms of control and sanction on the grounds of the existing OECD proposalí. What steps has the Council taken in this respect? (1) OJ C 20, 20. 1. 1997, p. 161. Reply (27 November 1998) The Council duly noted the European Parliamentís Resolution of 12 December 1996 on áhuman rights throughout the world in 1995-1996 and the Unionís human rights policyí. The Council reaffirms its commitment to ensuring that European companies respect human rights within the Union and in third countries. However, no specific proposal for the adoption of a Code of Conduct for European companies, which obliges them to respect human rights including control and sanction mechanisms, has yet been put to the Council. (1999/C 118/184) WRITTEN QUESTION P-2808/98 by Bernard Lehideux (PPE) to the Commission (9 September 1998) Subject: European directives preventing the recognition of hospital pharmacy as a discipline in its own right Despite the many specific tasks assigned to it › manufacturing medicines from blood products, supervising clinical trials, epidemiology, sterilisation, chemical pharmacy and so forth › hospital pharmacy has not been granted the recognition as a discipline in its own right accorded to branches of medicine, surgery or biology. Hospital pharmacists would like to see eligibility to practise pharmacy in hospitals or clinics restricted to holders of a special diploma. As matters stand, at the end of their internship they receive a university degree, the DES (Diplôme dí tudes SupØrieures), yet other branches of the medical profession are still entitled to practise hospital pharmacy. The French Ministry of Health and the trade unions concerned apparently support granting hospital pharmacy more specialised status. However, Franceís National Trade Union Federation of Pharmacy Interns contends that certain European directives stand in the way of such a move