Law n ° 2017-1839 of December 30th, 2017 is putting an end to the research as well as to the exploitation of the hydrocarbons and bearing various requirements relating to the energy and the environment This law prohibits research and exploitation of hydrocarbons by hydraulic fracturing or any other unconventional method.
No. 651 – Bill to apply the right to oblivion to five years for persons declared cured of cancer – registered at the Presidency of the National Assembly on 7 February 2018 Patients who have been diagnosed with cancer are told by a doctor that they are cured after five years without relapse. These people […]
On 4 June 2018, the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (AGRI) in association with the EP Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) organized a public hearing entitled “Labelling of Origin for Agricultural and Food Products”. The participants in the hearing discussed the implementation of national labelling schemes, […]
On 7 June 2018 the European Parliament (EP) ENVI Committee discussed the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on health technology assessment (COM/2018/051 final) presented by the European Commission on 31 January 2018. The HTA proposal seeks to boost cooperation amongst EU Member States for assessing health technology. The […]
Following a positive assessment by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Lithuania and Ireland have today joined the list of EU countries recognized as capable to carry out good manufacturing practice (GMP) with regard to inspections of sites that manufacture human medicines. The FDA recognized eight EU countries on 1 November 2017 and four […]
The Council of the EU authorized the European Commission to open trade negotiations with Australia and New Zealand and adopted negotiating mandates for each of the negotiations. The trade agreements with both these countries seeks to further reduce the existing barriers to trade, remove custom duties on goods, and give better access for services and […]
The Council agreed on a general approach regarding a draft regulation aimed at improving the mutual recognition of goods marketed in another member state. The regulation seeks to ensure that goods lawfully marketed in one member state can be sold in any other, as long as they are safe and respect the interests of the […]
The European Commission made a proposal for a new Regulation amending Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (COM / 2018/317 final). The proposal aims to adjust intellectual property rights framework, which sustains the pharmaceutical industry’s world-class innovation capacity. To improve the current system and remove a major competitive disadvantage […]
On 1 June 2018 the EU launched legal proceedings (consultation procedure) in the WTO against Chinese legislation which, according to the EU, undermines the intellectual property rights of European companies. European companies going to China are forced to grant ownership or usage rights of their technology to domestic Chinese entities and are deprived of the […]
Judgment of 21 November 2018 in Case C-29/17 Novartis Farma SpA / Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco (AIFA) e.a. The EU Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled that under Articles 3 and 6 of Directive 2001/83 relating to medicinal products for human use and Articles 3, 25 and 26 of EU Regulation n° 726 / 2004 […]
