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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/medicine

Germany receives final warning to comply with EU rules on well-established medicinal use

Brussels, 05/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 5 May, the European Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Germany for incorrectly applying EU rules on well established medicinal use when authorising medicinal products pursuant to Directive 2001/83/EC. EU law foresees a simplified authorisation procedure for medicinal products containing an active substance that has been extensively used for at least a decade in the European Union and is therefore considered to have a proven track record...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Reality, shortcomings and prospects for union for the Mediterranean
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CANADA: Reaffirmation of free trade commitment
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Accession is Pristina's main goal, expecting Sarajevo summit (2 June) to come up with clear European prospects
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: “Keeping reason” against “call for reason”, European Jewish community divided on Israel support and raises debate onto European stage
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Regional and Local Assembly wants observer status in UfM
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission more upbeat about growth but concerned about deficits
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: MEPs want permanent Eurozone financial stability mechanism in the future
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Most EU fisheries ministers reject idea of European fishing quotas market - Progress on social issues and decentralising decision-making
(EU) EU/MARITIME POLICY:
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: European Commission wants trade negotiations to be given cautious kick-off
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Pascal Lamy urges negotiations breakthrough
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament sets red lines for new Swift agreement
(EU) EP/JHA: EP suspends vote on PNR
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Jerzy Buzek and Jacques Delors call for creation of a 'European Energy Community'
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB finances Mexican wind farm
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Memorandum on joint OR positions on new EU 2020 strategy
(EU) EP/DIGITAL: Parliament calls for rapid implementation of digital agenda
(EU) EP/FOOD: No to cloned animal derived foods! environment committee will not be moved in second reading
(EU) EP/GMO: addressing environement and agriculture committees, John Dalli reaffirms need for European policy to be based on science
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Solvability II Directive will not come into force until January 2013
(EU) EP/TAXATION: eP wants tax offices to work together to reduce VAT fraud
(EU) EP/TAXATION: EP wants electronic invoices to be on equal footing with normal paper invoices
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Commission opens public consultation exercise on future of trans-European transport network
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Commission closes infringement proceedings against Spain on employment discrimination
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: Poland taken to court for incomplete transposition of regulation on racial equality
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission pursues three infringement procedures
(EU) EU/MEDICINE: Germany receives final warning to comply with EU rules on well-established medicinal use
(EU) EU/VETERINARY MEDECINE/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission consults on review of rules governing cooperation agreements between competing companies
(EU) EU/STATE AID: France must recover state aid wrongly granted as tax exemptions for struggling companies
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission wants €1.4 billion more for ITER
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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