the availability of natural medicines and health care products which have provided evidence of quality and safety

   that importers of medicines and healthcare product declare the constituent elements of their products

   that a new category of traditional medicine is created using appropriate methodology to demonstrate quality and safety

   that traditional usage and bibliographic evidence play a part in the assessment of products or substances used in 'non-conventional' medicine and that evaluation committees have expert representation familiar with these 'products' especially in relation to safety and quality

   all substances used in alternative and complementary medicine be made available to qualified practitioners or placed on the open market, as appropriate, for human and animal use, subject to appropriate regulation

   qualified practitioners have the opportunity to use the full range of therapeutic products that are necessary for their therapy

   that existing legal provisions on food supplements be improved - this should be designed to ensure quality, with a view to both consumer protection and availability for patients and practitioners