Traduction de «Servizio sanitario pubblico » (Italien → Anglais) :

The European Commission has decided to refer Italy to the EU's Court of Justice for failing to apply correctly the Working Time Directive to doctors in public health services.

Working time: Commission refers Italy to Court for not respecting EU rules in public health services

A data protection impact assessment is equally required for monitoring publicly accessible areas on a large scale, especially when using optic-electronic devices or for any other operations where the competent supervisory authority considers that the processing is likely to result in a high risk to the rights and freedoms of data subjects, in particular because they prevent data subjects from exercising a right or using a service or a contract, or because they are carried out systematically on a large scale. The p ...[+++]rocessing of personal data should not be considered to be on a large scale if the processing concerns personal data from patients or clients by an individual physician, other health care professional or lawyer.

The average annual costs of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into account the schemes set up by the law on the public health service, the law on hospital and, in respect of the cost of rehabilitation, the Active Social Policy Act and the Active Employment Measures Act’.

At the focal point of public health problems, health economics, research and industry, vaccines are more than ever at the forefront of the debate, in view of the persistence and development of viral diseases (AIDS, hepatitis, influenza) and the emergence of new viruses (such as the Ebola virus which recently triggered an epidemic in Africa) In economic terms, the world market for vaccines already amounts to +/- ECU 3 billion. It is growing rapidly and is set to reach ECU 6 billion in 2000.

Under Article 41-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure, the Public Prosecutor may, provided that a prosecution has not already been brought, suggest a settlement to an adult who recognises having committed one or more offences punishable by a maximum of three years imprisonment, consisting of one or more of the following measures: 1) paying a "settlement fine" to the public treasury not exceeding EUR3750 or half of the maximum fine incurred; 2) surrendering to the state the means of committing the offence or the profit from it; 3) surrendering his driving licence to the regional court for a maximum of six months, or his hunting pe ...[+++]rmit for a maximum of four months; 4) carrying out unpaid community service for a maximum of 60 hours over a maximum period of six months; 5) undertaking a training period or course in a health, social or professional organisation for a maximum of three months over a maximum period of 18 months.