<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"A local charity in my East Midlands region, Intercare, has had all activities involving the collection and screening of drugs within the UK and their redistribution in Africa suspended. This suspension, ordered by the Environment Agency in the UK, is apparently in accordance with the EU directive on medicinal waste.  The charity works in accordance with and by the approval of the World Health Organisation. All medications that are sent to health units in Africa are appropriately examined by health professionals and are always in date and in perfect condition. The interpretation of the EU directive, by the UK's Environment Agency, is that such surplus medicines should be treated as waste and dumped in landfill. It is surely not the intention of this directive that medicines which are in perfect condition should be treated as waste.  It seems perverse that we are supposed to dump these medicines, which are vital to thousands of African people, in landfill. Does the Commission agree with the position of the UK's Environment Agency? Is it the intention that perfectly good medicines should go into landfill and not benefit poor people in Africa?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [3]. </s>
A local charity in my East Midlands region, Intercare, has had all activities involving the collection and screening of drugs within the UK and their redistribution in Africa suspended. This suspension, ordered by the Environment Agency in the UK, is apparently in accordance with the EU directive on medicinal waste.  The charity works in accordance with and by the approval of the World Health Organisation. All medications that are sent to health units in Africa are appropriately examined by health professionals and are always in date and in perfect condition. The interpretation of the EU directive, by the UK's Environment Agency, is that such surplus medicines should be treated as waste and dumped in landfill. It is surely not the intention of this directive that medicines which are in perfect condition should be treated as waste.  It seems perverse that we are supposed to dump these medicines, which are vital to thousands of African people, in landfill. Does the Commission agree with the position of the UK's Environment Agency? Is it the intention that perfectly good medicines should go into landfill and not benefit poor people in Africa?