Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE)

Source: Europa Nu.

This Directorate-General is responsible for EU legislation in the areas of food safety, safety of products and public health.

The main tasks of the DG are:

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    to protect and improve public health
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    to guarantee food safety
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    to protect the health and welfare of farm animals
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    to protect crops and forests

On January 1st 2015 the consumer protection unit was moved to the DG Justice and Consumer Affairs i.

 

Contents

  1. Legislative proposals in negotiation
  2. Legislation currently being implemented
  3. Legislation in force

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 196 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
13.11.2024  .
com(2024)541
 
31.10.2024  .
com(2024)517
 
17.09.2024  .
com(2024)55
 
04.09.2024  .
com(2024)387
 
04.09.2024  .
com(2024)388
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 107 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
23.01.2024  Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards a gradual roll-out of Eudamed, information obligation in case of interruption of supply and the ...
Regulation com(2024)43
 
27.02.2023  Specific rules on the entry into Northern Ireland from other parts of the UK of certain consignments of retail goods, plants, seeds, agricultural machinery and pet ...
Regulation com(2023)124
 
27.02.2023  Specific rules relating to medicinal products for human use intended to be placed on the market of Northern Ireland.
Regulation com(2023)122
 
06.01.2023  Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards the transitional provisions for certain medical devices and in vitro diagnostic medical devices.
Regulation com(2023)10
 
13.12.2022  Fees and charges payable to the European Medicines Agency.
Regulation com(2022)721
 

3.

Legislation in force

There are at least 15 laws or other legal instruments in force that have been previously proposed by this Directorate-General.
Date Title
31.01.2024  Vaccine-preventable cancers.
Recommendation com(2024)45
 
26.04.2023  Stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach.
Recommendation com(2023)191
 
20.09.2022  Strengthening prevention through early detection: A new EU approach on cancer screening.
Recommendation com(2022)474
 
18.12.2020  Common framework for the use, validation and mutual recognition of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in the EU.
Recommendation com(2020)849
 
26.04.2018  Strengthened Cooperation against Vaccine Preventable Diseases.
Recommendation com(2018)244