To raise Nation-wide awareness of internationally agreed normative documents of relevance, namely the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Workshop Agreement, ISO 15793:2011 Laboratory biorisk management, ISO 15189:2007 Medical laboratories — Particular requirements for quality and competence, ISO 15190:2003 Medical laboratories — Requirements for safety, ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, ISO 9001:2008 Quality management systems — Requirements, as well as ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems — Requirements with guidance for use, involving national health ...[+++] policy makers as well as laboratory managers and staff who are encouraged to commit to a transparent and accountable culture of biosafety, biosecurity and laboratory quality systems.

I. whereas the World Health Organisation, with its Global Alert and Response programme, seeks to strengthen bio-safety, bio-security and readiness for outbreaks of dangerous and emerging pathogens,

U. whereas the World Health Organisation, with its Global Alert and Response programme, seeks to strengthen bio-safety, bio-security and readiness for outbreaks of dangerous and emerging pathogens,

U. whereas the World Health Organisation, with its Global Alert and Response programme, seeks to strengthen bio-safety, bio-security and readiness for outbreaks of dangerous and emerging pathogens,

This discovery raises serious concerns about the obvious lack of guarantees regarding biological security in the European Union.

I was entitled, on behalf of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, to put a question to both the Council and the Commission concerning the forthcoming meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity and Biosafety in Bonn.