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General legislation and treaties

EU Treaties and Constitutions

Treaty on European Union and Treaty on the functioning of the European Union
Charter of Fundamental Rights for European citizens

Health and consumer legislation

EU Health and Consumer Strategies

Overview of European Commission Directorate General for Health and Consumers health policy
European Commission Health Strategy
Second European Programme for Community action in the field of Health (2008-2013)
EU Directorate General for Health and Consumers consumers policy strategy

European Health Policy Forum

Strategic Priorities (including specific prioties for 2009-2010)
Recommendation for health services and internal market
Recommendation on health information
Recommendation for mobility of health professionals
Recommendations on health and social policy
Recommendations on health and enlargement

European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention

Regulation establishing the ECDC
The ECDC health communication strategy 2010-2013 - General presentation of the ECDC

WHO Programme for Chronic Respiratory Diseases

environment and health legislation and initiatives

EU 6th Environmental Action Programme

Ambient Air Quality Directives
European Council Directive on Ambient Air Quality assessment and management
Council Directive on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to carcinogens at work

EU Environment and Health Strategy

Environment and Health Action Plan
Communication of the European Commission Mid-Term Review of the Environment and health action plan (2004-2010)

WHO Children's Environment and Health Action Plan for Europe (CEHAPE)
EU Clean Air for Europe (CAFE) Initiative
EU Construction Products Directive


EU Chemicals Policy - REACH

WHO Regional Office for Europe Air quality and health programme

WHO Air Quality Guidelines for Europe
WHO Guidelines for Indoor Air Quality

EU Tobacco Legislation

Draft recommendation of the Council on smoke-free environment

WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Food safety, nutrition and physical activity

EU Nutrition and Physical Activity initiatives

EU Food Labelling Legislation

Proposition of legislation on provision of food information for consumers

medication and care

EU Pharmaceutical legislation

EU Pharmaceutical package:
Proposal for legislation on access to reliable information on medicines
Proposal for legislation on pharmacovigilance (medicines safety)
Proposal for legislation on prevention of falsified medecine

Pharmaceutical Forum

Recommendations and key principles on information to patients

Medicines For Children

Paediatric Regulation
European Medecine Agency's Paediatric Committee

European Medicines Agency

Working with patients and consumers
Patients and Consumers Working Party

Proposal of Directive on patients' rights in cross-border healthcare

Research

EU Seventh Research Framework Programme

Innovative Medicines Initiative

 

Additional information

EFA European policy priorities

Influencing European Union policymaking in such a way that it will result in appropriate regulations:

  • for healthy (indoor and outdoor) air in Europe
  • on the quality (including accessibility) of healthcare for people with allergies, asthma and COPD
  • on societal participation of people with allergies, asthma and COPD
  • and adequate funding of demand-driven research on allergies, asthma and COPD

EFA EU Policy responses

EC Green Paper for smokefree Europe
EFA-IPCRG Response

Signing Campaign of COPD Declaration at the EP
EFA calls for all the MEPs to sign the Declaration (86/2006) on combatting COPD by 23 February 2006.
EFA Letter to MEPs
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7th Framework Programme for Research (2007-2013)
EFA-IPCRG Position Paper on FP7
EFA letter calling to prioritize allergy, asthma and COPD. Amendment advocated by EFA.
Amendments voted by EP on 15 June 2006.

Pharmacovigilance for medicines used for paediatric population EMEA guidelines
Joint comments and Alert by EFA and the International Primary Care Respiratory Group (IPCRG) on the draft

EU Pharmacovigilance
EFA- IPCRG comment on EC Consultation (May 2006) -
Media e -Alert

EU Air Quality Legislation
- Joint HEAL, EFA, ERS, Doctors for the Environment Letter to MEPs
- Joint EEN, EFA and EPHA Letter to members of the EP's ENVI Committee ahead of 21 June vote.
- Joint EEN, EFA and EPHA Letter to rapporteurs of EP's ENV Committee (Mar 2006).
- Joint EEN, EFA Letter to EU environment ministers (Nov 2005) - - Joint EEN, EPHA and EFA Letter to EU Commission President Barroso (June 2005)

Reflection process on future EU Health Strategy
EFA Response

EU Environment and Health Action Plan
Joint NGO Letter to EU Commissioners of Environment, Public Health and Research

Access to Information
Position paper of the European Patients Forum

Paediatric Medicines
Joint EFA-EAACI Position Paper

EFA Food Labelling in the EU
2005 Position Paper - Background - Results - 2010 letter to MEPs (ENVI committee) - Case study, living with food allergy -2010 Position Paper

search for policy documents

Draft EU policy and legislative documents can be searched on the
EU Legislation Observatory

European Institution web links

European Commission
DG for Health and Consumers (DG Sanco)
DG Environment
DG Research

European Council
Spanish Presidency

European Parliament

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