April 2003 newsletter

The EPHA Newsletter for April 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 contents:

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS NEWS

THE PARLIAMENT

 SARS outbreak and EU competence on health
 EP Approves Pet Passport Regulation
 European Patent Office confirms revocation of baby blood patent
 MEPs vote to ban stem cell research
 Debate on free movement in the EU
 Dangerous substances document approved
 Reform of the UN Conventions on drugs - rejected
 Sweeteners in the spotlight
 Call to phase out phosphates in detergents

THE COUNCIL

 Accession treaty signed
 Next candidates for accession?

THE COMMISSION

 Who do Europeans trust to give them health information?
 Avian flu outbreak in the EU
 Annual analysis of pesticides in fruit and vegetables
 Rise in drug use in CEE
 Prodi calls on US to shift position on cheap drugs
 Precautionary Principle and EMF
 12 EU countries not implementing GMO laws
 European Commission amends proposed Herbal Medicines Directive
 eHealth Ministerial Conference : EPHA can send 5 delegates
 Overview of social protection in the candidate countries
 Water aid package in pipeline for poor countries

THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION

 Convention timtetable and referendum
 Thursday 24 and Friday 25 April: convention plenary
 Optimism for public health in the treaty

EUROPEAN COURT RULINGS

 All time spent by a doctor on call in a hospital constitutes working time

EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE

 Draft Opinion on Healthcare

EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS CALENDAR

EPHA SECRETARIAT NEWS

 Children’s health in Europe: Tracking environmental Threats
 Convention final steps

EPHA WORKING GROUP NEWS

 Food & Nutrition Working Group
 Environment & Health working group
 EPHA Policy Coordination Group

MEMBER NEWS

 Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)
 IPPF Europe Appoints New Regional Director
 Stop AIDS Alliance launch

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