Es gibt eine Website, auf der für die Vorteile der digitalen Verordnung geworben wird. Auch eine App steht zum Download zur Verfügung und wurde bereits zehntausende Male heruntergeladen. Das E-Rezept sollte eine der ersten Pflichtanwendungen im digitalen Gesundheitssystem werden. Doch der deutschlandweite verpflichtende Start scheiterte vor wenigen Wochen medienwirksam. Wie die elektronische Verordnung funktionieren soll, […]
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN), the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (Cenelec), and the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) are to develop European standards to support “secure and trustworthy artificial intelligence”, according to the EU Commission. This emerges from the Commission’s draft implementing decision.Accordingly, the political objectives in the area of artificial intelligence should […]
Before the end of the current legislative term, EU Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides wants to develop a code of conduct on the right to be forgotten for former cancer patients. “The past few decades have seen enormous progress in childhood cancer survival, and today, we can cure up to 80 percent of childhood cancers,” Kyriakides […]
At the beginning of May, the European Commission presented a draft regulation for a European Health Data Space (EHDS). Already during the presentation of the proposal, it became clear which topics will play the main role in the discussions surrounding the EHDS in the coming months. Right at the forefront were data protection and the […]
There still seems to be a great need for discussion among the members of the two committees IMCO and LIBE around the provisions of the planned KI law. In any case, the deadline for submitting amendments to the draft report of the two rapporteurs Brando Benifei (IMCO) and Dragoş Tudorache (LIBE) on the AI Regulation […]
After a series of delays, the EU Commission yesterday presented a draft regulation for the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The regulation aims to improve healthcare in the EU, strengthen patients’ rights to their electronic health data, and promote scientific research. “The European Health Data Space is a game-changer in the digital transformation of healthcare […]
For the longest time, Germany was a blocker in the European discussion about an oil embargo against Russia. The reason for the change is likely Germany’s recent success in reducing its energy dependence on oil and coal from Russia, as the Second Energy Security Progress Report shows. The situation is still different for gas. A […]
The anniversary of the Allied victory over the German Reich is approaching. While the war in Europe ended in most regions on May 8, with the unconditional surrender taking place at 11 p.m. in 1945, May 09 had already dawned in Moscow at that time. This “Victory Day” in the “Great Patriotic War”, as it […]
Under the German Supply Chain Duty of Care Act, companies must ensure that human rights and environmental standards are complied with throughout the supply chain. From 2023 it will apply to companies with at least 3,000 employees and from 2024 to companies with at least 1,000 employees in Germany. At the end of February 2022, […]
Greens/EFA members Jutta Paulus, Tilly Metz, Margrete Auken, Michèle Rivasi, and Kim van Sparrentak have filed a complaint against the European Commission with the European Court of Justice. They are demanding access to the full contracts for the purchase of Covid 19 vaccines, which so far are only available in redacted versions. “Secrecy is a […]