While the European Union (EU) and its Member States (MSs) are members of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) on their own right and as such have their own SPS Enquiry Points, the EU authority responsible for implementing the notification requirements of the SPS Agreement is centralised in DG...

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of pharmaceutical legislation in the EU, which began with Directive 65/65 in 1965 in the wake of the Thalidomide disaster. The EU legal framework for medicinal products for human use guarantees high standards of quality and safety of medicinal products and intends...

2015 marks the 50th anniversary of pharmaceutical legislation in the EU, which began with Directive 65/65 in 1965 in the wake of the Thalidomide disaster. The EU legal framework for medicinal products for human use guarantees high standards of quality and safety of medicinal products and intends...

European patients and citizens need access to safe, effective and affordable medicines while the health care system should be financially sustainable, and innovation should be encouraged. This is perhaps the key challenge for the national competent authorities and public payers as pharmaceutical...

The report outlines the results of eight DG Health and Food Safety audits which had the objective of evaluating the control systems in place for the EU schemes known as PDO, PGI and TSG. These schemes promote and protect names of quality agricultural products and foodstuffs and encourage diverse...

The report outlines the results of eight DG Health and Food Safety audits which had the objective of evaluating the control systems in place for the EU schemes known as PDO, PGI and TSG. These schemes promote and protect names of quality agricultural products and foodstuffs and encourage diverse...