Le Parlement européen a entamé la révision de la stratégie pharmaceutique pour l’Europe au premier trimestre 2023. La nouvelle législation luttera notamment contre la fragmentation de la recherche et du développement en matière de santé dans l’Union européenne, le manque de transparence et l’écart entre les investissements publics et les résultats cliniques obtenus. Parmi les solutions envisagées: la création d’une infrastructure biomédicale européenne de grande envergure, mais aussi une série de stratégies ciblées qui coordonneront mieux la recherche en matière de santé dans l’Union et accorderont la priorité aux maladies contre lesquelles il n’existe pas de traitement satisfaisant.

Nouvelle stratégie pharmaceutique pour l’Europe - français

European food safety policy aims are twofold: to protect human health and consumers’ interests, and to foster the smooth operation of the European single market.

The EU thus ensures that control standards are established and adhered to in the areas of feed and food-product hygiene, animal health, plant health and the prevention of food contamination from external substances. The Union also regulates labelling for food and feed products.

In the wake of a series of human food and animal feed crises, EU food safety policy underwent substantial reform in the early 2000s. The ‘Farm to Fork’ approach was defined, guaranteeing a high level of safety at all stages of the production and distribution process for all food products marketed within the EU, whether produced within the EU or imported from third countries.

Food safety

Vaccines are a key part of a long-term strategy to bring SARS-CoV-2 under control. It is essential to roll out vaccination rapidly to protect as many people as possible and to lower the opportunities for the virus to evolve further. Any vaccine must be authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

The European Commission has secured up to 4.4 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines so far - and negotiations are underway for additional doses. However, countries are facing different challenges around the disinformation or vaccine acceptance. The European Parliament is trying to keep an eye on the purchase and safety of these vaccines. During June plenary the EP adopted a resolution calling for COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver. Parliament proposed negotiations start for a temporary waiver of the WTO TRIPS Agreement on patents to improve global access to affordable COVID-19-related medical products and to address global production constraints and supply shortages. The EP approved also the Digital Green Certificate to facilitate the safe free movement of citizens within the EU during the pandemic.

EU Vaccine Strategy

The EU Digital COVID Certificate aims to facilitate safe free movement inside the EU during the COVID-19 pandemic.The certificate should&nbsp;be available in either digital or paper format. It attests that a person has been vaccinated against coronavirus or has a recent negative test result or has recovered from the infection.

&nbsp;A common EU framework is&nbsp;allowing member states to issue certificates that will then be accepted in other EU countries. The EU Digital Covid Certificate regulation should be&nbsp;in place for 12 months. The certificate should&nbsp;not be a precondition to exercise the right to free movement and is&nbsp;not&nbsp;considered a travel document.

Member states should not impose additional travel restrictions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, such as quarantine, self-isolation or testing, “unless they are necessary and proportionate to safeguard public health”. Member states must accept vaccination certificates issued in other member states for persons inoculated with a vaccine authorised for use in the EU by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).

It is&nbsp;up to the member states to decide whether they also accept vaccination certificates that have been authorised by other Member States following national authorisation procedures or for vaccines listed by the World Health Organisation (WHO) for emergency use. The Regulation entered&nbsp;into force on&nbsp;1 July 2021.
 Parliament and EU member states’ negotiators have agreed to keep the EU Digital COVID Certificate framework in place for another year, until June 2023

EU Digital COVID certificate

Virginijus Sinkevičius, born on 4 November 1990 in Vilnius, is a Lithuanian politician. Commissioner-designate for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries.

After the hearing by the Committee on Fisheries (PECH) and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament, the committees prepare an evaluation letter on the candidate.

Hearing of Virginijus SINKEVIČIUS, Commissioner-designate

Frans Timmermans, born on 6 May 1961 in Maastricht, is a Dutch politician. Timmermans is Executive Vice-President and Commissioner designate for European Green Deal.

After the hearing by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament, the committee prepares an evaluation letter on the candidate. Parliament is expected to vote on the new Commission as a whole on 23 October.

Hearing of Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President-designate

Stella Kyriakides, born on 10 March 1956 in Nicosia, is a Cypriot psychologist and politician.

After the hearing by the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) of the European Parliament, the committee prepares an evaluation letter on the candidate. Parliament is expected to vote on the new Commission as a whole on 23 October.

Hearing of Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner-designate, Health

Teresa RIBERA RODRÍGUEZ was the Third Deputy Spanish Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge. She is now Executive Vice-President-designate of the European Commission for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Teresa RIBERA RODRÍGUEZ, Executive Vice-President designate, Clean, Just and Competitive Transition

Stéphane Séjourné was a Member of the European Parliament from 2019 to 2024, Chair of the Renew Europe Group of the European Parliament in 2021 and French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs in 2024. He is now Executive Vice-President-designate of the European Commission for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, Executive VIce-President designate, Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

Wopke Hoekstra was Dutch Minister for Finance from 2017 to 2022, Dutch Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs from 2022 to 2023 and European Commissioner for Climate Action and acting Commissioner for Transport in the von der Leyen Commission I. He is now European Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Wopke HOEKSTRA, Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net Zero and Clean Growth

Olivér Várhely was European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement in the von der Leyen Commission I. He is now European Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Olivér VÁRHELYI, Commissioner-designated, Health and Animal Welfare

Hadja Lahbib was Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Affairs and Foreign Trade, and the Federal Cultural Institutions since 2022. She is now European Commissioner-designate for Preparedness and Crisis Management, and European Commissioner-designate for Equality, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Hadja LAHBIB, Commissioner-designate, Preparedness and Crisis Management

Jessika Roswall was Swedish Minister for EU Affairs since 2022. She is now European Commissioner-designate for Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy, for the von der Leyen Commission II.

Confirmation hearing of Jessika ROSWALL, Commissioner-designate, Environment, Water Resilience and a Competitive Circular Economy

ENVI - The European Water Resilience Strategy

ENVI Committee - Exchange of views with Mr Costas Kadis, Commissioner responsible for Fisheries and Oceans, on upcoming initiatives on oceans, at EU and international level

ENVI IMCO - Trilogue on Green Claims Directive

ENVI - public hearing on ' The way to a European Water Resilience Strategy - An EU Blue Deal '

ENVI  Extraordinary meeting - Exchange of views with Paulina Hennig-Kloska, Minister of Climate and Environment, Polish Council Presidency

ENVI AGRI joint committees - Public Hearing - Forest Monitoring for resilient European Forests

ENVI - Bilateral meeting with the Polish Presidency of the Council

IMCO - Bilateral meeting with the Polish Presidency of the Council

ENVI - Presentation of the responsibilities and activities of the following agencies under ENVI competence - Exchange of views with Dr. Yukiko Nakatani, WHO Assistant Director-General, on Antimicrobial Resistance

ENVI - Presentation of the responsibilities and activities of the following agencies under ENVI competence -  Presentation of the responsibilities and activities of the following agencies under ENVI competence

AGRI ENVI joint committee meeting

ENVI ECON ITRE -  Confirmation hearing of Teresa RIBERA RODRÍGUEZ, European Commissioner-designate for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition - Press point

ENVI ECON ITRE -  Confirmation hearing of Teresa RIBERA RODRÍGUEZ, European Commissioner-designate for Clean, Just and Competitive Transition

ITRE IMCO ENVI ECON -  Confirmation hearing of Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, European Commissioner-designate for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy - Press point

ITRE IMCO ENVI ECON -  Confirmation hearing of Stéphane SÉJOURNÉ, European Commissioner-designate for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy

ENVI ITRE ECON - Confirmation hearing of Wopke Bastiaan HOEKSTRA, European Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth.- Press point

ENVI ITRE ECON - Confirmation hearing of Wopke Bastiaan HOEKSTRA, European Commissioner-designate for Climate, Net-Zero and Clean Growth

ENVI AGRI -  Confirmation hearing of Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner-designate for Health and Animal Welfare

Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) have a joint hearing on "How to increase the capacity of COVID 19 vaccine production and improve delivery". Session 2- Presentations by Paul STOFFELS, Vice Chair of the Executive Committee and Chief Scientific Officer, Johnson & Johnson, Angela HWANG, President Global Biopharma, Pfizer Group, accompanied by Germain MORIN, VP Vaccines Supply Chain, Thomas TRIOMPHE, Executive Vice-President, Head of Sanofi Pasteur, Suerie MOON, Co-Director, Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva.

Joint hearing of the ENVI and ITRE Committee - "How to increase the capacity of COVID 19 vaccine production and improve delivery": Session 2 - CEOs of the pharmaceutical industry

Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) have a joint hearing on "How to increase the capacity of COVID 19 vaccine production and improve delivery". Exchange of views with CEOs of the pharmaceutical industry on COVID 19 (Corona) vaccine production and delivery. Welcome and opening remarks by Pascal CANFIN (Renew,FR), ENVI Chair, Cristian-Silviu BUŞOI (EPP,RO), ITRE Chair, Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety.

Joint hearing of the ENVI and ITRE Committee "How to increase the capacity of COVID 19 vaccine production and improve delivery": Welcome and opening remarks

The European Parliament, together with the Portuguese Parliament, organise remotely the European Parliamentary Week 2021. Extracts from the conclusions by the chairs: Irene TINAGLI (S&D, IT), Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON), Luís CAPOULAS SANTOS, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the Portuguese Parliament, Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR), Chair of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), Luis GRACA, Deputy Chair of the Committee on Environment, Energy and Territorial Planning of the Portuguese Parliament, Johan VAN OVERTVELDT, Chair of Committee on Budgets (BUDG), Filipe NETO BRANDAO, Chair of the Committee on Budget and Finance of the Portuguese Parliament, Lucia ĎURIŠ NICHOLSONOVÁ, Chair of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), and Pedro ROQUE, Chair of the Committee on Labour and Social Security, Portuguese Parliament Copyright: ARTV, Canal Parlamento

European Semester Conference - Inter-parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU: conclusions by the chairs

The Chair of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR) gives a statement on vaccines delivery and contracts transparency.

Vaccines delivery and contracts transparency: statement by Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR), ENVI Chair

Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, exchanges with the members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on vaccine authorisation, availability and deployment .

Exchange of views with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: opening statement

Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, answers questions posed by the members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety on vaccine authorisation, availability and deployment.

Exchange of views with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety: questions/answers with the MEPs

The Environment, Public Health and Food Security Committee will vote on its response to the EU Circular Economy Action Plan. It aims to increase the production of sustainable goods in order to reduce waste and ensure that the EU has a well-functioning internal market for high-quality secondary raw materials. Currently, the production of materials we use every day is responsible for 45% of CO2 emissions. Statement by Jan HUITEMA (RE, NL), rapporteur.

Circular economy: statement by Jan HUITEMA (RE, NL), rapporteur

Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food (ENVI) of the European Parliament, exchange with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on vaccine authorisation, availability and deployment. Statements by Peter LIESE (EPP, DE), and Jytte GUTELAND (S&D, SE).

Exchange of views with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency: extracts

Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) and the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) of the European Parliament, participate in a meeting, in Brussels, on "A Farm to Fork Strategy" for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system. Statements of co-rapporteurs: Herbert DORFMANN (EPP, IT) and Anja HAZEKAMP (GUE/NGL, NL)

A Farm to Fork Strategy for a fair, healthy and environmentally friendly food system: extracts from the meeting

Members of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) meet in the European Parliament in Brussels. During the public hearing, they consider the loss of biodiversity and the extent to which this increases the risk of pandemics due to land use change, climate change and wildlife trade. They hold a discussion on the role and possibilities of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in countering biodiversity loss and in increasing commitment in the EU as well as globally. Statements by Sabien Leemans, Senior Biodiversity Policy Officer, WWF; Evelyn Underwood, Senior Policy Analyst, Biodiversity andEcosystem Services Programme, IEEP; Thomas Resl, Director of the Federal Institute of Agricultural Economics, Rural and Mountain Research (Austria).

Public hearing on facing the sixth mass extinction and increasing risk of pandemics: what role for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030, at ENVI Committee

Hearing by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety in Brussels. The meeting will consider the loss of biodiversity and the extent to which this increases the risk of pandemics due to land use change, climate change and wildlife trade. There will be a discussion on the role and possibilities of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 in countering biodiversity loss and in increasing commitment in the EU as well as globally. Dr Anne LARIGAUDERIE, Executive Secretary of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, and Dr Hans BRUYNINCKX, Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, open the public hearing.

Members from the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) participate in an exchange of views with Sandra GALLINA, EU’s lead negotiator on COVID-19 vaccines contracts, in the European Parliament in Brussels. The exchange of views is followed by a Q&A session, where MEPs quiz her on issues such as the EU’s procedure to approve the vaccines, what stage of the review process various vaccines have reached as well as the quantities bought by the EU. Statements by Silvia SARDONE (ID, IT), and Peter LIESE (EPP, DE).

Exchange of views with the Commission on the issue of vaccines in the EU at ENVI Committee: extracts

During the meeting of the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), in Brussels, MEPs exchange of views with the Commission on the issue of vaccines in the EU with Sandra GALLINA, EU's lead negotiator on COVID-19 vaccines contracts. The meeting is chaired by Pascal CANFIN (RE, FR).

Exchange of views with the Commission on the issue of vaccines in the EU at ENVI Committee

The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) discuss the state of play on assessing and authorising vaccines against COVID-19 with Emer COOKE, Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in the European Parliament in Brussels.

State of play on the assessment and authorization of vaccines against COVID-19: extracts from the debate

Members of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety discuss the EU’s preparedness and resilience in the field of public health with Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner for Health and Food safety. The debate focus on recently published package of initiatives establishing the building blocks of a European Health Union, which includes a proposal on tackling serious cross-border health threats. The upcoming Pharmaceutical Strategy is also looked into. This transcription speech is the result of an automatic process. Check Against delivery

ENVI - Building of a European Health Union: the Preparedness and Resilience Package and the Pharmaceutical Strategy: introductory remark by Pascal CANFIN, Chair and opening statement by Stella KYRIAKIDES, European Commissioner

Members of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety discuss the EU’s preparedness and resilience in the field of public health with Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner for Health and Food safety. The debate focus on recently published package of initiatives establishing the building blocks of a European Health Union, which includes a proposal on tackling serious cross-border health threats. The upcoming Pharmaceutical Strategy is also looked into. Exchange of views (part 2) and closing statement.

ENVI - Building of a European Health Union: the Preparedness and Resilience Package and the Pharmaceutical Strategy: exchange of views (part 2) and closing statements

Members of the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety discuss the EU’s preparedness and resilience in the field of public health with Stella KYRIAKIDES, Commissioner for Health and Food safety. The debate focus on recently published package of initiatives establishing the building blocks of a European Health Union, which includes a proposal on tackling serious cross-border health threats. The upcoming Pharmaceutical Strategy is also looked into. Exchange of views (part 1)

ENVI - Building of a European Health Union: the Preparedness and Resilience Package and the Pharmaceutical Strategy: exchange of views (part 1)

In the European Parliament in Brussels, the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) debates with Frans TIMMERMANS, Executive Vice-President of the EC and European Commissioner for the European Green Deal, on the 2030 Climate Target Plan, which includes a Communication on “Stepping up Europe's 2030 Climate Ambition” and an Impact Assessment. The committee already adopted its position on the Climate Law Regulation, increasing the 2030 reduction target to 60%. Parliament will vote on the draft law in the 5-8 October plenary.

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