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A record number of 7,354 of food safety alerts and notifications were sent out through the EU's rapid alert system last year. Over a fifth of the alerts concerned fish products contaminated by heavy metals, while most of the products notified came from China.
Despite the hurdles still facing the EU's Lisbon Treaty, European sports movements firmly believe that a future EU competence on sport - as planned in the text - will come into effect in one form or another and are thus continuing their work to encourage EU-level exchange of best practices.
LinksDossier: Sport and the EU treaties
LinksDossier: Boosting sports participation in the EU
The European Commission is promoting hi-tech solutions to prevent chronic diseases and meet the health challenges of the 21st century. (read more)
Increased cross-border patient mobility has public finance implications but better co-ordination of national health policies and more co-operation at European level is expected to bring benefits both to patients and health systems. (read more)
Patients' health records saved in databases could boost the efficiency of health markets in the EU but pose major challenges regarding interoperability and safeguarding patient privacy. (read more)
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