Translation of "Expert-conseil en services de santé " (French → English) :

The interoperability of eHealth solutions should be achieved whilst respecting national regulations on the provision of healthcare services adopted in order to protect the patient, including legislation on Internet pharmacies, in particular national bans on mail order of prescription-only medicinal products to the extent that they are compatible with the case-law of the Court of Justice and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts and Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspec ...[+++]ts of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market

The interoperability of eHealth solutions should be achieved whilst respecting national regulations on the provision of healthcare services adopted in order to protect the patient, including legislation on Internet pharmacies, in particular national bans on mail order of prescription-only medicinal products to the extent that they are compatible with the case-law of the Court of Justice and Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts and Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspec ...[+++]ts of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market .

In December 2006 an expert group of the European Union Rare Diseases Task Force issued a report ‘Contribution to policy shaping: for a European collaboration on health services and medical care in the field of rare diseases’ to the High-Level Group on Health Services and Medical Care.

In July 2004, a Commission High-Level Group on Health Services and Medical Care was established to bring together experts from all Member States to work on practical aspects of collaboration between national health systems in the EU.

Justice and Home Affairs Start-up of Schengen Information System (SIS II) and the Visa Information System (VIS) including biometrics and the related Council Decision on the lifting of controls at the borders with and between the new Member States Initiatives on protection of witnesses and individuals who cooperate with the judicial process in the fight against international organised crime export/import licensing system for firearms Communications on the transparency of legal entities to reduce vulnerability to infiltration by organised crime the fight against illicit cross-border trafficking in restricted or prohibited goods the promotion of intelligence-led law enforcement activities across the Union Health and Safety Start-up phase of th ...[+++]e Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) services on land use monitoring, crisis management and ocean monitoring Develop a Community framework for safe, high quality and efficient health services, by reinforcing cooperation between Member States and providing clarity and certainty over the application of Community law to health services and healthcare Strengthen and simplify European structures to respond to health threats, notably through the creation of a high level European network of flu officials New EU Animal Health Strategy, which will include a policy of disease prevention, improve the coherence with other EU policies, and make better use of financial resources |

To be active in research and development, provide expert appraisals, offer consultancy services and develop other necessary activities in the field of consumer protection; to create and use neutral laboratories for research, expert appraisal and testing of consumer goods; to set up centres providing legal and market advice, processing complaints and suggestions from consumers; to produce printed, video and audio materials explaining consumers their rights.