The Declaration is a strong signal of the global consensus on the necessity to address this serious global health threat, which was directly responsible for almost 1.2 million deaths worldwide in 2021 and contributed to another 4.7 million deaths the same year.
The EU Parliament approved with 374 votes against 235 and 19 abstentions a new “due diligence” directive. The law requires firms and their upstream and downstream partners, including supply, production and distribution, to prevent slavery, child labour, labour exploitation, biodiversity loss, pollution, or destruction of natural heritage.
The regulation, adopted with 461 votes in favour, 56 against and 66 abstentions, updates EU measures governing the use of so-called substances of human origin, such as blood and its components, tissues and cells – used for transfusions, therapies, transplantations, or medically assisted reproduction.
MEPs approved the creation of a European Health Data Space, improving citizens’ access to their personal health data and boosting secure sharing in the public interest.
The new rules set stricter 2030 limits and target values for pollutants with a severe impact on human health, including particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and sulphur dioxide. But member states may request that the 2030 deadline be postponed by up to ten years, if specific conditions are met.
Strasbourg, 24 April 2024 More flexibility for farmers to exchange between each other plant reproductive
The EU Commission’s Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) and the Belgian EU Presidency have launched a Critical Medicines Alliance at the margins of the informal Council meeting of health ministers. The Alliance is part of actions to build a strong European Health Union.
The new rules, adopted with 613 votes in favour, 7 against and 11 abstentions, will establish an EU-wide disability card to make sure that persons with disabilities have equal access to preferential conditions, such as reduced or zero entry fees, priority access and access to reserved parking.
The EU MACP analyses samples randomly collected from 12 food products. For 2022, these were apples, strawberries, peaches, wine (red and white), lettuces, head cabbages, tomatoes, spinaches, oat grain, barley grain, cow’s milk and swine fat.
The EU Commission’s Communication gives industry and investors predictability regarding the manufacturing of products indispensable for the green and digital transition, health and defence in the EU.
The European Commission invites comments on commitments offered by Vifor to address competition concerns over the alleged disparagement of its closest – and potentially only – competing treatment in Europe for intravenous iron treatment, Pharmacosmos’ Monofer.
Many of the most commonly farmed and consumed fish in the EU/EFTA show no evidence of parasites that can infect humans. However, parasites were found in some farmed species and more data is needed to determine how prevalent certain parasites are in farmed fish.
During the meeting, Minister Koca and EU Commissioner Kyriakides discussed collaboration on cross-border health threats, the fight against cancer, the impact of climate change on public health and mental health. Both the EU and Türkiye noted the importance of these shared priorities for citizens.
This initiative is part of the EU’s zero-tolerance vision on drugs and follows the call for evidence on the diversion of trade in drug precursors published in May 2023.
Post-vaccination surveillance is crucial for promptly detecting outbreaks of avian influenza and proving disease freedom, enabling the safe movement of birds. This is the key outcome of EFSA’s new scientific opinion, which also assesses risk mitigation options following emergency and preventive vaccination.
The transition towards safer and more sustainable chemicals is progressing in some areas, while in others, it is just beginning. This is the finding of a first, joint Europe-wide assessment of the drivers and impact of chemical pollution by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published today.
“Awareness of breast cancer has generally gone up over the years. And breast cancer care has made tremendous advancements since I was first diagnosed with the disease myself. But it is still by far the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women in the EU” – EU Commissioner Stella Kyriakides
MEPs urge the Council to add sexual and reproductive healthcare and the right to a safe and legal abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
MEPs support the overall aim to have healthy soils by 2050, in line with the EU Zero Pollution ambition and the need for a harmonised definition of soil health as well as a comprehensive and coherent monitoring framework to foster sustainable soil management and remediate contaminated sites.
“The European Health Data Space is also about reusing health data for research, innovation, and policymaking, backed by the highest standards of data privacy and protection” – EU Commissioner Kyriakides.
Parliament on Wednesday approved the provisional political agreement with Council on updated rules on the composition, name, labelling and presentation of certain ‘breakfast’ foodstuffs, the so-called “breakfast directives”, with 603 votes in favour, 9 against and 10 abstentions.
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