Wednesday 16 May 2018 Zagreb, Croatia   MEETING WITH CROATIAN MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT Vytenis Andriukaitis European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Wednesday 16 May 2018 Zagreb, Croatia

Multiannual Financial Framework Commission proposal: The Multiannual Financial Framework for 2021-2027 A Modern Budget for a Union that Protects, Empowers and Defends 2 May 2018 Health strand within European Social Fund Food Safety strand in Single Market Programme

What is Health Technology Assessment? "Health technology” comprises: medicines, medical devices, in vitro diagnostics devices, medical and surgical procedures, measures for disease prevention, vaccination, treatments - used in healthcare. HTA an evidence-based process that assesses the added value (relative effectiveness) of a given health technology/health interventions and compares it with other health technologies and / or the current standard of care.

Health Technology Assessment (HTA) HTA assesses the added value (relative effectiveness) of a given health technology over and above existing ones. Offers EU countries the chance to pool expertise New proposal for HTA post-2020 presented in January Key elements: pragmatic, balanced, ambitious, feasible Next steps: discussion in Parliament & Council

Number of measles cases, EU/EEA, March 2018

Burden of disease attributable to main risk factors 2013 Source: The Lancet, 2015

Tobacco consumption in the EU HR 35 % Source: Special Eurobarometer 458, Attitudes of Europeans towards Tobacco and Electronic Cigarettes, 2017

State of Health in the EU

European Semester – Health Systems Sustainability

General Food Law State of play Next steps Fitness Check published in January Online consultation Commission proposal to boost transparency and sustainability of EU’s risk assessment model adopted on 11 April 2018 Next steps Discussion in Parliament and Council

Animal Welfare EU Animal Welfare Strategy EU Platform on Animal Welfare EU Reference Centre for Animal Welfare Enforcement projects International activities

Fight Food Waste: no impact on safety of the food and feed chain EU Platform on food waste prevention Measure and monitor food waste EU guidelines to facilitate food donation Optimise safe use of food in feed Promote better understanding and use of date marking

Adopted on 29 June 2017

One Health Action Plan on AMR MAKING THE EU A BEST PRACTICE REGION ON AMR BOOSTING RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION ON AMR SHAPING THE GLOBAL AGENDA ON AMR

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