National prevention policies

The Netherlands integrated obesity as one of the priorities of its national health care prevention policy (http://www.minvws.nl/).

2.1 Joint policy for prevention of pollution from ships

2.1 JOINT POLICY FOR PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS

f) harmonize their police measures, permitted by their law, for the prevention of illicit production of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances;

Appropriate methods for decreasing cardiovascular diseases are health promotion and prevention, which shall be carried out within national public health policies.

The Parties agree that the legitimate objectives of public policy, including those in relation to security and fraud prevention, shall not be compromised in any way.

Drug policies and actions shall be aimed at reducing the supply of, trafficking in and the demand for illicit drugs, as well as the prevention of precursor diversion.

The Union shall establish police cooperation involving all the Member States' competent authorities, including police, customs and other specialised law enforcement services in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences.

States Parties shall endeavour to develop and evaluate national projects and to establish and promote best practices and policies aimed at the prevention of transnational organized crime.

(c) by operational cooperation between the competent authorities of the Member States, including the police, customs and other services specialising in the prevention and detection of criminal offences.

The Parties consider prevention of marine pollution incidents from ships as an integral part of their policy for the protection of the marine environment in the Mediterranean Sea in general, and in the Adriatic Sea in particular.

Within the framework of their respective powers and competences the Parties shall cooperate to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and measures to counter the illicit production, supply and traffic in narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including the prevention of diversion of precursor chemicals, and to promote drug demand prevention and reduction.

World Health Organization, which in its programme of work for the period 1990 - 95 as a priority task exposed the prevention of accidents, appealed to the governments to adopt nacional policy on safety, which would include supplementing legal and other measures and organizational changes.

(a) Legislative and administrative measures, policies, objectives and priorities for prevention, preparedness and response, scientific activities and technical measures to reduce the risk of industrial accidents from hazardous activities, including the mitigation of transboundary effects;

The Union shall develop a common immigration policy aimed at ensuring, at all stages, the efficient management of migration flows, fair treatment of third-country nationals residing legally in Member States, and the prevention of, and enhanced measures to combat, illegal immigration and trafficking in human beings.

The members of the Subcommittee on Prevention shall be chosen from among persons of high moral character, having proven professional experience in the field of the administration of justice, in particular criminal law, prison or police administration, or in the various fields relevant to the treatment of persons deprived of their liberty.

Affirming the need to promote active international cooperation among the States concerned before, during and after an accident, to enhance appropriate policies and to reinforce and coordinate action at all appropriate levels for promoting the prevention of, preparedness for and response to the transboundary effects of industrial accidents,

The Contracting Parties shall pursue a comprehensive policy for the preservation and protection of the Alps by applying the principles of prevention, payment by the polluter (the 'polluter pays' principle) and cooperation, after careful consideration of the interests of all the Alpine States, their Alpine regions and the European Economic Community, and through the prudent and sustained use of resources.

In order to improve the effectiveness of the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of trans-border criminal violations, and as active members of ICPO-Interpol for police matters, World Customs Organization for customs matters, the SECI participating countries shall exchange and develop criminal information in partnership with their law enforcement authorities and with the Interpol General Secretariat and WCO.

RECALLING that the common security and defence policy is an integral part of the common foreign and security policy; that it provides the Union with operational capacity drawing on civil and military assets; that the Union may use such assets in the tasks referred to in Article III-309 of the Constitution outside the Union for peace-keeping, conflict prevention and strengthening international security in accordance with the principles of the United Nations Charter; that the performance of these tasks is to be undertaken using capabilities provided by the Member States in accordance with the principle of a single set of forces;

drawing up arrangements for police cooperation on crime prevention and investigation;

The public thus has an impression that the penalty policy is too soft and that everything relating to the prevention of crimes should be made more strict.

SCH/Com-ex (98) 51 rev 3 Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 December 1998 on cross border police cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection

For the purpose of applying Article 39 of the Schengen Convention and improving the investigation and prevention of criminal offences, the police forces of the Schengen States may exchange information provided that:

operational cooperation between the competent authorities, including the police, customs and other specialised law enforcement services of the Member States in relation to the prevention, detection and investigation of criminal offences;

Since the prevention and remedying of environmental damage is a task directly contributing to the pursuit of the Community's environment policy, public authorities should ensure the proper implementation and enforcement of the scheme provided for by this Directive.

"risk management" means the process, distinct from risk assessment, of weighing policy alternatives in consultation with interested parties, considering risk assessment and other legitimate factors, and, if need be, selecting appropriate prevention and control options;

National legal order permitting, the Schengen States may increase police cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection by concluding bilateral agreements and specify what activities in addition to the measures in the list referred to in point 1 may come within the scope of mutual police assistance without the intervention of the judicial and/or administrative authorities.

efforts made to promote synergies with policies and programmes targeting reproductive and sexual health and rights and poverty diseases, in particular HIV/AIDS programmes, measures to combat violence, girl-child issues, the education and training of women of all ages, ageing people, the environment, human rights, conflict prevention, democratisation and the participation of women in the political, economic and social decision-making process;

Prevention of unemployment and active labour market policies 0

on cross-border police cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection

drawing up arrangements for police cooperation on crime prevention and investigation;

Cross-border police cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection when requested

The organisation's policy must refer to safety and pollution prevention performance targets and indicators.

SCH/Com-ex (98) 51 rev 3 (cross border police-cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection when requested);

The objectives and targets shall be consistent with the environmental policy, including the commitment to prevention of pollution.

Whereas the Member States currently apply different policies in the matter of the control and prevention of foot-and-mouth disease;

The Schengen acquis - Decision of the Executive Committee of 16 December 1998 on cross-border police cooperation in the area of crime prevention and detection (SCH/Com-ex (98) 51, rev. 3)

The Parties shall cooperate in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and measures to counter the illicit production, supply and traffic of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances, including the prevention of diversion of precursor chemicals, as well as in promoting drug demand prevention and reduction.

The Parties shall cooperate in increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of policies and measures to counter the illicit production, supply and traffic of narcotic drugs and psycho-tropic substances, including the prevention of diversion of precursor chemicals, as well as in promoting drug-demand prevention and reduction.

For the purpose of applying Article 39 of the Schengen Convention and improving the investigation and prevention of criminal offences, the police forces of the Schengen States may exchange information provided that:

Take further steps to bring all places of pre-trial detention, in particular police stations, into line with the basic requirements identified in the Council of Europe Committee for the Prevention of Torture report.

The prevention of drug addiction, together with demand reduction, shall be addressed in a consistent policy comprising education and objective information about the consequences of addiction, targeted especially at young people.