Keynote Speech via Video Message by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides at the SIOPE and CCI Europe Event: “Why Childhood Cancer should stay high on the EU agenda for 2024-2029”
Cannabis products are becoming increasingly potent and diverse, while collaboration between criminal groups is creating new security risks in Europe. These are among the conclusions of a new analysis — EU Drug Market: Cannabis — released today by the EMCDDA and Europol.
Today, Member States did not reach the required qualified majority to renew or reject the approval of glyphosate during a vote at the Appeal Committee. This follows a previous vote at the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed (SCOPAFF) on 13 October, in which Member States also did not reach the required majority to renew or reject the proposal.
Do you like smoky-flavoured snacks? Then you should read the latest Q&A on smoke flavourings, plublished by the European Food Safety Authority EFSA. Smoke flavourings serve as an alternative to traditional smoking, a long-standing practice used to preserve certain foods such as fish, meat, and dairy products. But smoke flavourings do not have the same preservative function. And, even worse, EFSA’s assessment is: “Based on the available scientific evidence, we
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday between the European Parliament and the Council on the Commission’s proposal to amend two Directives: for lead, the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxic substances at work , and for lead and diisocyanates, the Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to chemical agents at work.
A package containing non GB/NI veterinary medicines was identified by an Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) inspector working at Heathrow Worldwide Distribution Centre. The package arrived from Thailand containing medicines destined for a residential address in Devon.
Six interventions, one aim: to prevent and control infections among people who inject drugs. In new public health guidance released today, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) have joined forces to identify key interventions to address infectious diseases in this population. Reflecting on new evidence, infectious disease treatments, and public health concepts, this guidance updates the
Invented and developed by civilian orthopaedic major trauma surgeon Professor Ian Pallister, the Surgical Advanced Mannequin (SAM model) is a world-leading training simulation model which can be inserted with different injury patterns such as blast wounds and gunshots. It can also ‘breathe’ and be pumped with ‘blood’ to simulate bleeding.
Empa researchers are developing a dressing containing probiotic lactobacilli. These are intended to heal chronically infected wounds by destroying persistent biofilms, the scientists report in a study published in the scientific journal Microbes and Infection.
The European Medicines Agency (EMA) carried out an in-depth evaluation of the vaccine. Following this evaluation, the Commission authorised the adapted vaccine under an expedited procedure so that Member States have sufficient time to prepare for their autumn-winter vaccination campaigns.
The Commission’s Health Emergency and Preparedness Response Authority (HERA) and the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) are strengthening their cooperation on medical countermeasures to step up prevention, preparedness and response to serious cross border health threats. This is in line with the objectives of the EU Global Health Strategy and the Commission’s push to reinforce global cooperation to tackle global health threats.
The Global Gateway initiative was launched in late 2021, after the COVID-19 pandemic. With this project, we intended to mobilise €300 billion in investment to support the economic and social development of our partners by helping build connectivity infrastructure, accelerate green and digital transition and enhance intangible infrastructure, including health and education.
The project proposed by Inge Herrmann from Empa in collaboration with the Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen and the Cleveland Clinic (USA) aims at developing a monitoring system to analyze the surgical drain fluid after digestive surgery. Based on colorimetric sensors, the results of this project will help in preventing complications after surgery and support a more efficient health care for patients undergoing digestive surgery.
CRITICAL RAW MATERIALS: CEN Workshop on methodology to improve the recyclability rate of Critical Raw Materials from cars +++ RIGHT TO REPAIR: Right to repair: MEPs adopt incentives for consumers to repair rather than replace +++ Europa-SPD: Baustein für die neue Kreislaufwirtschaft Europas.
SUSTAINABLE RAW MATERIALS: Global Gateway: EU and Namibia agree on next steps of strategic partnership on sustainable raw materials and green hydrogen +++ UNECE: Energy Ministers in Asia-Pacific invite application of United Nations Resource Management System Principles +++ PESTICIDES: Pesticides: MEPs want a drastic cut in use of chemical pesticides +++ PACKAGING: Packaging: new EU rules to reduce, reuse and recycle
The new regulation ensures better protection of donors, recipients and children born following medically assisted reproduction. The proposed new rules aim to strengthen the existing legal framework and to add additional flexibility in order to keep up with scientific and technical developments.
FOREST MANAGEMENT: EU Commission approves €742 million Czech State aid scheme to support sustainable forest management +++ UNECE: Between trees and terabytes: regional workshop in Kyrgyzstan aims to improve forest information systems +++ ASBESTOS: EU Council votes to reduce exposure limits to asbestos at work +++ INDUSTRY TRANSFORMATION
Die Grünen/EFA: Neue Industrie, neue Jobs, neue Wirtschaft.
In the text agreed at committee level MEPs said that, as the world’s largest development donor, it is incumbent on the EU to consider sustainable development objectives across all policy areas. Given the increasing importance of critical raw materials to the EU’s twin climate and digital transitions, and the reliance of developing countries on raw materials exports, it is particularly important the EU applies this approach to the work of
The Commission has adopted today a set of actions to better prevent and mitigate critical medicine shortages in the EU, this winter, next winter and beyond. Recent critical shortages, including of certain antibiotics last winter, show that continued coordinated action is needed to address supply challenges and to make Europe’s medicine supply chains more resilient in the long run. The key goals of today’s Communication are to prevent and mitigate
On Tuesday the Environment Committee adopted its position on measures to ensure sustainable pesticides use and reduce the use and risk of all chemical pesticides by at least 50 % by 2030. In the text adopted with 47 votes to 37 and 2 abstentions, MEPs say that by 2030, the EU must reduce the use and risk of chemical plant protection products by at least 50% and the use of
In the resolution on the European Protein Strategy, adopted on Thursday by 305 votes to 129 and 69 abstentions, MEPs stress that only 29 % of the high-protein feedstock needed to balance animal feed in the EU originates from the Member States, which makes the EU heavily dependent on imports of high-protein plant content from third countries. They call for a higher diversity of food and feed supply chains and
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