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The EPHA Newsletter for February 2003 is now available online. You can download the newsletter below, as a PDF or as a RTF file, or consult the main articles online by clicking here.

Here is the table of the main contents:

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS NEWS

THE PARLIAMENT

- MEPs Seek Ban on Additive E 425 Konjac
- Prevention and Reduction of Risks Associated with Drug Dependence
- Community and National Measures in Relation to Breast Implants

THE COUNCIL

- Greek Presidency Conclusions on Social Protection
- Competent Authorities Meeting for Medical Devices

THE COMMISSION

- Call for Proposals for the Public Health Programme
- Creating a "Europe of Health"
- Expert meeting on nutrition in the context of EU Enlargement
- European breastfeeding promotion project

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION

- Social Europe Working Group, Plenary meetings
- Romano Prodi Launches Internet Debate on «Penelope»

EUROPEAN COURT RULINGS

- ECJ Rules that Pensioners are Entitled to Treatment Abroad
- Centrally authorised medicines should generally bear one single trade name

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS CALENDAR

EPHA SECRETARIAT NEWS


- New Policy Paper on Trade and Health Now on EPHA Website
- World Health Day 2003
- EPHA Environment Network launch meeting: 25 March
- EPHA members keep up the pressure on the Convention
- The Convention on the Future of Europe: State of play and future prospects
- Legislation on Human Tissues and on Tissue Engineering

EPHA WORKING GROUP NEWS


- Environment & Health Working Group
- Food & Nutrition Working Group
- Working Group on Non-Conventional Medicine
- EPHA Policy Coordination Group

MEMBER NEWS

- Mental Health

FORTHCOMING EVENTS

OTHER ITEMS

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- Publications

Last modified on December 16 2004.

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