(ii) The Commission should continue working within the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11),

98. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in a number of Member States; calls on Member States to introduce or review legal gender recognition procedures, on the model of Argentina, and review conditions (including forced sterilisation) set for legal gender recognition; calls on the Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11);

94. Deplores that transgender people are still considered mentally ill in a number of Member States; calls on Member States to introduce or review legal gender recognition procedures, on the model of Argentina, and review conditions (including forced sterilisation) set for legal gender recognition; calls on the Commission and the World Health Organisation to withdraw gender identity disorders from the list of mental and behavioural disorders and to ensure a non-pathologising reclassification in the negotiations on the 11th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11);

In laboratory animals they have been linked to endometriosis (severe effects on the uterus), developmental and neurobehavorial effects (learning disabilities), developmental reproductive effects (low sperm count, genital malformations) and immunotoxic effects These effects occur at much lower levels of exposure than carcinogenic effects.

The text of the recommendation is set out below (The annex, which contains a form for use by the Member States' competent authorities on the occasion of European sporting fixtures for information on the travelling and accommodation arrangements of hooligans, is not reproduced.) "THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, HAVING REGARD to the Recommendation of the Council of the European Union for the exchange of information on the occasion of major events of meetings, adopted on 30 November 1994; HAVING REGARD to the initiative submitted by the United Kingdom on 21 June 1995; HAVING REGARD to the conclusion of the Council of the European Union on 21 June 1995; WHEREAS there have been instances of serious disorder at football matches in a number ...[+++]of Member States including matches in international competitions, and there is a need to ensure a consistent, coordinated, and effective response on the part of the police and the football authorities; WHEREAS the Council believes that techniques and procedures which have contributed to the successful containment of disorder should be more widely and consistently applied in relation to international high-risk matches; WHEREAS the Council considers that adoption of a more consistent approach to these problems would be likely to lead to a reduction in the number and seriousness of incidents of disorder; WHEREAS some of the recent outbreaks of disorder can be linked to lax controls on ticket sales at the grounds on the day of the match; WHEREAS recommendations have been adopted under the 1985 European Convention on Spectator Violence and Misbehaviour at Sports Events and in particular at Football Matches for actions to be followed whenever the threat of violent disorder is foreseen by the country in which a football match is to be played, RECOMMENDS to Member States: I) To draw on the recommendations of the Standing Committee of the aforementioned Convention, contained in the check list of measures to be taken by organizers and p ...

Some of the major groupings of mental disorders include: mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorders), anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety disorder, phobias, panic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder), psychotic disorders (schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder), eating disorders (anorexia nervosa and bulimia), personality disorders, pervasive developmental disorders (autism and Asperger’s disorder), attention deficit and disruptive behaviour disorders, and cognitive disorders (dementia and delirium from a variety of causes).[189] Substance use disorder is also included within the classi ...[+++]fication of mental disorders.