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This
report summarises the presentations and discussions of a workshop on
health promotion and primary prevention, held at the European Parliament
in Brussels on Tuesday 29 November 2016. The aim of the workshop was to
provide background and technical information and advice to the members
of the ENVI Committee on the latest findings and trends in the field of
preventive health, specifically concerning health promotion and the
primary prevention of diseases and disabilities.
The state of primary prevention and health promotion in Europe was
highlighted during the first part of the workshop. Presentations focused
on joining forces in the context of chronic diseases, the importance of
primary care professionals’ clusters, health promotion from citizens’
perspective, and the role schools play in prevention.
The second part of the workshop focused on examples of good practices.
Various ongoing initiatives, coordinated by the European institutions,
in the EU were presented. The activities of insurance industries were
also highlighted, as well as the views of employers and trade unions on
promoting healthy behaviours and creating healthy working environments.
This workshop and the respective document were prepared by the Policy
Department A at the request of the Committee on Environment, Public
Health and Food Safety.
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This
study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department
for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the
Committee on Constitutional Affairs of the European Parliament. It
analyses the political and legal dynamics behind referendums on
EU-related matters. It argues that we have entered a period of
increasing political uncertainty with regard to the European project and
that this new political configuration will both affect and be affected
by the politics of EU-related referendums. Such referendums have long
been a risky endeavour and this has been accentuated in the wake of the
Great Recession with its negative ramifications for public opinion in
the European Union. It is clear that referendums on EU matters are here
to stay and will continue to be central to the EU’s future as they are
deployed to determine the number of Member States within the EU, its
geographical reach, its constitutional evolution and adherence to EU
policies. Only now they have become an even riskier endeavour.
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This
study was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department
for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the
JURI Committee. It looks at the interrelation between the Consumer Sales
and Guarantee Directive (CSD) and the Ecodesign Directive (EDD) with
respect to guarantees and product expected lifetime. Through legal
research and stakeholder surveys, it develops an EU lifespan guarantee
model, which could be implemented by amendments to the proposal for an
Online Sales Directive (OSD) and the EDD. It recommends extending the
EDD to include the lifespan and extending the limitation period of the
OSD. A commercial guarantee for the lifespan of a product is also
suggested.
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Intellectual
property includes all exclusive rights to intellectual creations. It
encompasses two types of rights: industrial property, which includes
inventions (patents), trademarks, industrial designs and models and
designations of origin, and copyright, which includes artistic and
literary property. For many years the European Union has had an active
policy in this area, aimed at harmonising legislation between Member
States. Since the entry into force of the Treaty on the Functioning of
the European Union (TFEU) in 2009, the EU has had explicit competence
for intellectual property rights (Article 118).
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General
: Amid temperatures of -20°C people in Eastern Ukraine were cut off
from electricity, heating and water after pro-Russian rebels broke the
ceasefire and started shelling the area last week. Another sign that
managing EU-Russia relations remains a challenge especially in view of
the country's assertiveness and uncertainty surrounding the future of US
foreign policy. The security and defence subcommittee discussed on
Monday Russia's influence in Ukraine and Southern Caucasus and how to
react to it.
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In
July 2015, the European Commission proposed a reform of the EU
emissions trading system (ETS) for the 2021-2030 period. The proposed
directive introduces tighter limits on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to
achieve the EU's 2030 climate targets, while protecting
energy-intensive industries from the risk of 'carbon leakage'. The
Parliament is expected to vote on it during the February II session.
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CETA
was signed by the European Union (EU) and Canada on 30 October 2016,
after long discussions. Hence, a total of 38 statements and declarations
as well as a Joint Interpretative Instrument accompany the Council
decision on signing CETA. Parliament has launched the consent procedure,
with the vote in plenary planned for the February II session.
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The
Legal Affairs (JURI) Committee has tabled a report with recommendations
to the Commission on the civil-law and ethical aspects of robotics. The
report calls for EU legislation introducing a register of robots,
setting up an EU Agency for Robotics and laying down principles of civil
liability for damages caused by robots. Such legislation should be
complemented by ethical codes of conduct.
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The
economic prospects of cloud computing and the data-driven economy are
very promising. However, fragmentation, differences in data policies,
scarce incentives, interoperability problems and lack of high-capacity
data infrastructure, among other challenges, are slowing down its
development in Europe. A European Parliament own-initiative report
reflecting on the European Commission's European Cloud initiative is on
the agenda of the February II plenary session.
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The
European Semester is a key monitoring element of the EU's economic
governance framework which aims to detect, prevent, and correct
problematic economic trends such as excessive government deficits or
public debt levels. As part of the annual evaluation cycle, three
European Parliament Committees discuss the European Commission's
priority areas for 2017: boosting investment, pursuing structural
reforms and ensuring responsible fiscal policies. The Committee reports
assess the priorities from an economic, employment and single market
point of view before the Commission presents dedicated country reports
in late February. Plenary discussion on all three reports is planned for
the February II part-session.
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From monetary matters to regional funding, MEPs keep an eye on the EU's economic policies
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