19. Asks the Commission and the Member States, under the EU regulation governing measure on contaminated food in case of nuclear accident, to immediately adopt maximum permissible levels at EU level that ensure protection of the most vulnerable population and according to scientific advances in the assessment of exposure doses and health impacts; asks further the Commission and the Member States to ensure that the main principles ...[+++]of regulations in this field is the high level of protection of human health and not the preservation of commercial interest or the internal market;

Nonetheless, the events in New York show that we must assess the vulnerability of nuclear installations.

It has prepared a report for the Council of Ministers analysing the problem and it presents a series of conclusions: - emissions of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) should be virtually eliminated by the year 2000 through revision of the Montreal protocol; - discussions should begin on an international agreement for protection of the atmosphere; - the Community should launch a major study programme to evaluate the feasibility, costs and likely results of measures to limit greenhouse gas emissions; - the policy decisions of the Community and its member countries should take into account the problem of potential climate changes linked to the greenhouse effect; - there should be urgent action to reinforce energy saving, improve energy efficiency, ...[+++] develop new energy sources and the use of safe nuclear technology; - the Community should sustain vigorous research programmes and promote new energy technologies with the potential to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and to assess the impact of the greenhouse effect on European regions; - aid should be provided for developing countries to work out measures of prevention and adaptation - for instance mapping vulnerable areas such as low-lying coastal areas, assessing the long-term sensitivity of development projects and being prepared for increasingly severe natural disasters ./ (*) COM(88) 656 - 2 - A need to respond Mr Stanley Clinton Davis, member of the Commission responsible for environment policy, stressed that the Community should respond to the challenge: "The greenhouse effect will become increasingly apparent during our own lifetimes, building to a major crisis within a generation.