1. CPME Activities UEMS Council meeting Dr Jacques de HALLER
Brussels, Belgium
October 2018
Dr Jacques de HALLER
CPME President

2. Reflections on mobility of non-EU doctors 21 September 2018 Dr Jacques de Haller CPME President

3. Introducing CPME
CPME represents the national medical associations across Europe.
We are committed to contributing the medical profession’s point of view to EU institutions and European policy-making through pro-active cooperation on a wide range of health and healthcare related issues.
CPME promotes the highest level of medical training and practice but also the provision of evidence-based, ethical and equitable healthcare services.

4. Recent CPME activities
Outcomes of CPME Board and General Assembly, April
CPME statement on draft Health Technology Assessment (HTA) regulation
CPME Policy on Trans fats
Further policy developments
Meetings to come

5. CPME on draft HTA Regulation
HTA cooperation on EU level aims at enhancing evidence-based decisions on new drugs and methodologies
Essential to involve healthcare professionals
Highest level of independence and transparency
Voluntary participation of Member States
Methodology, timelines and evidence requirements needs to be agreed upon upfront

6. CPME Policy on Trans Fats
Encourage the EU to limit the intake of trans fats, who increase the risk for coronary heart disease
Legislative limit = protect all EU health citizens equally
Doctors should be trained to contribute to improving and maintaining healthy lives
CPME calls on the European Commission to set a limit on trans fats and introduce mandatory labelling of trans fats content
The Commission is expected to publish their impact assessment report soon

7. Further policy developments (1)
CPME lobbying on Proportionality Directive was successful in ensuring special status for healthcare professions
Continued monitoring of implementation of General Data Protection Regulation and of code of conduct initiatives
SEPEN expert network on health workforce planning and forecasting has been launched
Join the network at !

8. Further policy developments (2)
CPME lobbying on better alcohol labelling, calling to end the exemption of alcoholic beverages from EU Regulation 1169/2011, and list the ingredients and nutritional values on the product’s label
CPME participated in the joint activities of the European Medical Organisations
Publication of Joint Statement of the EMOs on the Central Role of Medical Doctors, 28 May 2018
Joint BMA-EMOs event in European Parliament on ‘Keeping Europe Healthy: Brexit and the European Medical Profession’, 23 May 2018

9. Further policy developments (3)
CPME participates in the new EU Joint Action on Vaccination, aiming to build concrete tools to improve vaccination coverage in the EU
CPME lobbying on the future of health in the EU and the next EU budget
CPME calls for a strong Commission for health
A proper allocation of financial resources needs to be guaranteed for health policies

10. Save the dates ! Next CPME meetings: Geneva, 9-10 November 2018
Joint CPME-FVE-CED regional conference on
‘One Health’: Paris, 5 December 2018

11. Thank you for your attention !
Dr Jacques de Haller, President
CPME
Comité Permanent des Médecins Européens
Standing Committee of European Doctors
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