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    Part,  Chapter, Paragraph

501  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     to the Delegates of the Member Countries, the OIE References
502  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     annual data supplied by Member Countries on animal diseases
503  III,    10.  4.  2    |               products and the competent EU Member State has already adopted
504  III,    10.  4.  2    |            harmonisation of TSE measures in Member States and the TSE import~
505  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     from all European Union Member States in order to help
506  III,    10.  4.  2    |                        In 2005, twenty-four member States submitted information
507  III,    10.  4.  2    |               poultry meat was high in most member states.~· Despite a decrease
508  III,    10.  4.  2    |             contributed towards most of the member States being officially
509  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     slow in some of the non member States.~· Even though there
510  III,    10.  4.  2(34)|                  Commission set targets for Member States to meet in reducing
511  III,    10.  4.  2(34)|               levels of the pathogen. Every Member State will have to work
512  III,    10.  4.  2(34)|                   from 0% to 29% between EU Member States. ~
513  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 performed by a number of EU Member States revealed a considerable
514  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  363/EEC36 and 90/642/EEC37 Member States have to ensure through
515  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    control activities among Member States. The programme is
516  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    monitored in 27 crops38. Member States have set up national
517  III,    10.  4.  2    |             compiles the tables provided by Member States and summarises the
518  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 analysed in Europe. In 2005 Member States reported results
519  III,    10.  4.  2    |                      The methods applied by Member States covered 44 to 631
520  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    database formats used at Member States level should be developed
521  III,    10.  4.  2    |                close collaboration with all Member States.~ ~The EU Member
522  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     Member States.~ ~The EU Member Countries generally have
523  III,    10.  4.  2    |               established nationally by the Member States and, after a comprehensive
524  III,    10.  4.  2    |           information to be provided by the Member States and the EFSA annual
525  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 which includes, besides the Member States of the EU, also Iceland
526  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 absence of EEC regulations, Member States are entitled to determine
527  III,    10.  4.  2    |              produced and marketed in other Member States to enter into their
528  III,    10.  4.  2    |                produced and marketed in one Member State can be raised by another
529  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    can be raised by another Member State in the absence of
530  III,    10.  4.  2    |                principal factor used by the Member States and the European
531  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    team of experts from all Member States, using data on food
532  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 submitted by the Evaluating Member State (EMS in not necessarily
533  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     products carried out by Member State Authorities, the applicant
534  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     a designated rapporteur Member States (RMS) evaluates dossier
535  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 European Parliament or from Member States:~- 36 opinions have
536  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     prepared by a reporting Member State including extensive
537  III,    10.  4.  2    |                further consideration by the Member States and the Commission.~ ~
538  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     guidance is used by the Member States when carrying out
539  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  was agreed upon within the Member States. The first is a major
540  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 involving experts from both Member States and industry. The
541  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     Cooperation between the Member States, other bodies and
542  III,    10.  4.  2    |              commercialised in at least one Member State before the entry into
543  III,    10.  4.  2    |                   movements of GMOs between Member States and exports of GMOs
544  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  European Commission and EU Member States; and~· using a wide
545  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    carry out inspections in Member States, Accession Countries,
546  III,    10.  4.  2    |          infringement proceedings against a Member State or, in the case of
547  III,    10.  4.  2    |           Objectives in 2006~ ~In the past, Member Sates adopted national measures
548  III,    10.  4.  2    |                market made it essential for Member States to adopt principles
549  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    already existing in many Member Stateslegal history, by
550  III,    10.  4.  2    |              defines the roles of competent Member States authorities and of
551  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  such requirements are met. Member States are prohibited from
552  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 Authorities in the European Member States in enforcing food
553  III,    10.  4.  2    |                        Thus, the individual Member States have the central
554  III,    10.  4.  2    |                processing and distribution. Member States shall also lay down
555  III,    10.  4.  2    |                      The application in all Member States and all areas of
556  III,    10.  4.  2    |            operators.~ ~Official controls~ ~Member States are responsible for
557  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     achieved throughout all Member States, and that Member
558  III,    10.  4.  2    |                     Member States, and that Member States ensure from their
559  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 national control systems.~ ~Member States should apply official
560  III,    10.  4.  2    |                 controls throughout Europe, Member States are in charge of
561  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    operation of controls.~ ~Member States are also required
562  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  also responsibility of the Member States. The competent authorities
563  III,    10.  4.  2    |               designated by the 27 European Member States.~ ~Table 10.4.2.7.
564  III,    10.  4.  2    |                    authorities in the 27 EU Member States and Norway (Source:
565  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  Authority~Norway~ ~ ~ ~The Member Statescompetent authorities
566  III,    10.  4.  2    |                  with the Authority and the Member States. Member States are
567  III,    10.  4.  2    |            Authority and the Member States. Member States are thus required
568  III,    10.  4.  2    |            approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the labelling,
569  III,    10.  4.  2    |            approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food
570  III,    10.  4.  3    |                     together, across its 27 Member States, a population of
571  III,    10.  4.  3    |                 while in some of the new EU member states it was less than
572  III,    10.  4.  3    |                   for the authorities in EU Member States to organize the management
573  III,    10.  4.  3    |                   Directive leaves open for Member States to define additional
574  III,    10.  4.  3    |                 arsenic most European Union Member States apply the limit value
575  III,    10.  4.  5    |                   waste is generated in all Member States of the European Union.
576  III,    10.  4.  5    |                     Data derived from 19 EU Member States indicate that 31%
577  III,    10.  4.  5    |                   unspecified (data from 19 Member States). Consistent information
578  III,    10.  4.  5    |                  sites per country~ ~In EEA member countries, potentially polluting
579  III,    10.  4.  5(42)|                                   The EU 27 Member States plus Iceland, Lichtenstein,
580  III,    10.  4.  5    |                     to landfills in Many EU Member States. (WHO, 2007).~ ~Incinerators
581  III,    10.  4.  5    |                   of the legislation in the Member States was 16.07.2001. The
582  III,    10.  5.  2    |                   other statistics: in many member states, urban settlements
583  III,    10.  5.  2    |                   more expressed in the new member States.~ ~Figure 10.5.2.
584  III,    10.  5.  2    |                     balanced result for the member States that joined the EU
585  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    especially among the new Member States), the imbalance in
586  III,    10.  5.  3    |             receives the ESAW data from the Member Statesnational registers
587  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    different systems in the Member States. Mainly two types
588  III,    10.  5.  3    |                procedures take place in the Member States: Insurance based
589  III,    10.  5.  3    |                     other hand, in some the Member States there is a legal
590  III,    10.  5.  3    |               administrative sources in the Member States. During a pilot project,
591  III,    10.  5.  3    |                  practices vary between the Member States the EODS specifications
592  III,    10.  5.  3    |            work-relatedness. Whereas the EU Member States have legal definitions
593  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    with respect to European member states. As we can see, a
594  III,    10.  5.  3    |                     in EU 15. However, some member states such as Ireland,
595  III,    10.  5.  3    |                  remarkably across European member states. Whereas in Greece
596  III,    10.  5.  3    |                   has increased in European Member States. This is assessed
597  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    especially among the new Member States) and the imbalance
598  III,    10.  5.  3    |                   countries than in the New Member States, while monotonous
599  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    among workers in the New Member States than in the ‘Old600  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    States than in the ‘OldMember States.~Every fourth worker
601  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    fourth worker in the New Member States reports that he might
602  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    for workers from the new member countries. In many of these
603  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    new groups into European Member States. The EU is confronted
604  III,    10.  5.  3    |                  the next decades. European Member States will need to deal
605  III,    10.  5.  3    |                   No:C161), which requested member States to develop occupational
606  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    out of more than 200 ILO member states and the latter convention
607  III,    10.  5.  3    |               conventions there are many EU Member States.~Yet the need for
608  III,    10.  5.  3    |                   services (WHO, 2007). WHO Member States, at the 60th World
609  III,    10.  5.  3    |               infrastructures for WHP in EU Member States. Using these national
610  III,    10.  5.  3    |                 existing legislation in the Member States~- Community strategy
611  III,    10.  5.  3    |               situation is worse in the new Member States, where the two mentioned
612  III,    10.  5.  3    |                 2005).~European directives, Member Statesregulations and
613  III,    10.  5.  3    |            approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to personal
614  III,    10.  5.  3    |            approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to machinery~-
615  III,    10.  5.  3    |            approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the noise
616  III,    10.  5.  3    |                  Turn your back on MSDs’.~ ~Member StatesLegislation~According
617  III,    10.  5.  3    |                 communicated to 96% of EU25 member states (European Commission,
618  III,    10.  5.  3    |               prevention culture, mainly in Member States with weak or non-existent
619  III,    10.  5.  3    |               Community Strategy 2002-2006, Member States achieved significant
620  III,    10.  5.  3    |                  remained uneven across the Member States, the different sectors,
621  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    adequate resources. Many Member States, such as Germany,
622  III,    10.  5.  3    |                    especially among the new Member States~- the imbalance in
623  III,    10.  5.  3    |                   safety and health in some Member States of the European Union.
624  III,    10.  6.  1    |                   social network in four EU Member States (Finland, France,
625  III,    10.  6.  1    |              sampling design applied in all Member States was a multi-stage,
626  III,    10.  6.  1    |                implemented in 2004 in 11 EU Member States and 14 EU countries
627  III,    10.  6.  2    |             ensuring sustainability. Hence, Member States are implementing
628  III,    10.  6.  2    |                   is needed. Virtually, all Member States have implemented
629  III,    10.  6.  2    |                    sector in Europe and its member countries. The last part
630  III,    10.  6.  2    |                   promoting and stimulating Member States' efforts in this
631  III,    10.  6.  2    |                EUROTHINE’.~ ~National level~Member states should develop strategies
632  III,    10.  6.  2    |                   sectors in the EU and its member states (www ). Bodies from
633   IV,    11.  1.  2    |                  Eurobarometer survey of EU Member States prior to 2004 on
634   IV,    11.  1.  3    |                   European Union’s (EU) new Member States and Candidate Countries
635   IV,    11.  1.  5    |                  higher scores than the new Member States of 2004, with the
636   IV,    11.  1.  5    |               survey included all then EU25 Member States as well as Bulgaria
637   IV,    11.  1.  5    |                    or who have had a family member in such a situation tend
638   IV,    11.  1.  5    |                     survey included only EU Member States prior to 2004 (Eurobarometer
639   IV,    11.  2.  1    |                   difference between the EU Member States prior to 2004 and
640   IV,    11.  2.  1    |                     1990 in the original EU Member States, but not as much
641   IV,    11.  2.  1    |                   not as much among the new Member States. On aggregate for
642   IV,    11.  2.  1    |                     8. hospitals in the new Member States (HFA 2007). In addition
643   IV,    11.  2.  2    |                     current practice in the member states (Merkel and Hübel,
644   IV,    11.  3.  2    |                 policies vary across the EU Member States.~ ~One of the primary
645   IV,    11.  4        |                  regional levels in most EU member states. By 2007 there were
646   IV,    11.  4        |                     national agencies in 15 member states, and national focal
647   IV,    11.  4        |                points for HTA in most other member states (www ). Countries
648   IV,    11.  4        |          duplicating assessments across the Member States”. Thus, EU member
649   IV,    11.  4        |                    Member States”. Thus, EU member states and the Commission
650   IV,    11.  4        |                     Ministries of health in Member States and the EU Commission.
651   IV,    11.  5.  1    |                    are exchanged between EU Member States. Cross-border exchanges
652   IV,    11.  5.  1    |                    differently in different Member States depending on cultural,
653   IV,    11.  5.  3    |                transplantation in the 25 EU Member States as well as in Bulgaria,
654   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                  the main challenge that EU Member States face with regard
655   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                   large differences between Member Statessuccesses in increasing
656   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                     ethical concern.~ ~Some Member States have put in place
657   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                     consent requirements in Member States have been met, has
658   IV,    11.  5.  4    |             presented to relatives.~In some Member States, the training and
659   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                predefined criteria.~The new Member States face greater health
660   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                    huge differences between Member States in terms of accessibility
661   IV,    11.  5.  4    |                particular concern for small Member States.~At the same time,
662   IV,    11.  5.  5    |                   fundamental research.~- 7 member states partners : De, Fr,
663   IV,    11.  5.  6    |                  typing laboratories in the member states of the Council of
664   IV,    11.  5.  6    |            legislation in Council of Europe member states and Finland and results
665   IV,    11.  5.  6    |            Harmonisation of legislations of member States relating to removal,
666   IV,    11.  5.  6    |                   Committee of Ministers to member states on criteria for the
667   IV,    11.  5.  7    |                transplant cooperation among Member States, sharing programmes
668   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                     Among some of the older member states there have been efforts
669   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                   for money, though in many member states its application remains
670   IV,    11.  6.  2    |             payments, compared to 66% in EU Member States prior to 2005 (WHO
671   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                  the 1990s all of the newer Member States introduced earmarked
672   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                expenditure in almost all EU Member States, although in most
673   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                  reforms in 1999 in all CEE Member States permitting PHI markets,
674   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                     source of finance in 18 Member States, exceeding 40% of
675   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                   Mossialos 2008).~ ~All EU Member States have in place some
676   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                    Among the original 15 EU Member States, cost-sharing is
677   IV,    11.  6.  2    |                    maximum. Among the newer Member States, cost sharing for
678   IV,    11.  6.  3    |                      Moreover, among the EU member States of the time, direct
679   IV,    11.  6.  3    |                   indirect taxation in many Member States since the mid-1980s.
680   IV,    11.  6.  4    |                 each plan or insurance fund member to reflect their relative
681   IV,    11.  6.  5    |                   health systems in the new member states of the European Union.
682   IV,    12            |               POLICY DEVELOPMENTS AT EU AND MEMBER STATE LEVEL~ ~
683   IV,    12.  1        |                  have taken place at EU and Member States level which make
684   IV,    12.  1        |                  lawfully marketed in other Member States into their market.
685   IV,    12.  1        |           traditional core function of each Member State of the European Union
686   IV,    12.  1        |                    recognised the right for Member States to derogate from
687   IV,    12.  1        |                     health remains mainly a Member State competence.~ ~Table
688   IV,    12.  1        |             encouraging cooperation between Member states" and “if necessary,
689   IV,    12.  1        |                activities” and to work with Member States to improve public
690   IV,    12.  1        |              provides that harmonisation of Member StatesPublic Health legislation
691   IV,    12.  1        |               continue to respect fully the Member Statesresponsibilities
692   IV,    12.  1        |                    of the Community and its Member States…”.~ ~Art. 137 (1) (
693   IV,    12.  1        |            complement the activities of the Member States in the following
694   IV,    12.  1        |              Community shall complement the Member States' action in reducing
695   IV,    12.  1        |                     cooperation between the Member States in the areas referred
696   IV,    12.  1        |                    support to their action.~Member States shall, in liaison
697   IV,    12.  1        |                   in close contact with the Member States, take any useful
698   IV,    12.  1        |                    3. The Community and the Member States shall foster cooperation
699   IV,    12.  1        |              measures shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or
700   IV,    12.  1        |                 laws and regulations of the Member States.~The Council, acting
701   IV,    12.  1        |                     responsibilities of the Member States for the organisation
702   IV,    12.  1        |                   prevailing in each of its Member States. In addition, in
703   IV,    12.  1        |                    Co-ordinating in another Member State,~social security for
704   IV,    12.  1        |                 service received in another Member State, with or without prior~
705   IV,    12.  1        |                     policies vary across EU Member States.~ ~Co-operation between
706   IV,    12.  1        |                     19 October 2007, the 27 Member states reached agreement
707   IV,    12.  2        |                 working in partnership with Member States.~ ~The strategy focuses
708   IV,    12.  2        |           cooperation mechanism between the Member States and the Commission
709   IV,    12.  2        |                   Commission as well as the Member States to ensure that appropriate
710   IV,    12.  2        |                  ensure solidarity among EU Member States.~ ~Cancer~ ~A European
711   IV,    12.  2        |                 recommendations to European Member States for the implementation
712   IV,    12.  2        |                   health. Yet in several EU Member States, severe constraints
713   IV,    12.  2        |                     Policy Puzzle, 2005) EU Member States had established national
714   IV,    12.  2        |                national plans/guidelines in Member States. Existing national
715   IV,    12.  2        |                  differ significantly among Member States, particularly in
716   IV,    12.  2        |                     and cooperation between Member States;~- Help to increase
717   IV,    12.  2        |           prevention, collaboration between Member States, and research. The
718   IV,    12.  2        |                   Control (FCTC), which all Member States and the Community
719   IV,    12.  2        |                   tobacco control at EU and Member State level. Within the
720   IV,    12.  2        |                     the resolution in 1989, Member Statesgovernments have
721   IV,    12.  2        |                Tobacco Control. It urges UN Member States to strengthen tobacco
722   IV,    12.  2        |                 information provided by 179 Member States, gives governments
723   IV,    12.  3        |                dialogue;~· cooperation with Member Statescommunity financial
724   IV,    12.  3        |           protection and Social inclusion”.~Member States have freely chosen
725   IV,    12.  3        |                     because it respects the Member States diversity and social
726   IV,    12.  3        |                     method of coordination, Member States have defined common
727   IV,    12.  3        |                     boost cooperation among Member States with a view to making
728   IV,    12.  3        |                   much on the commitment of Member States and on the active
729   IV,    12.  3        |               consolidate the commitment of Member States. The improvements
730   IV,    12.  4        |                   European Institutions and Member States on health related
731   IV,    12.  4        |             interest in collaboration among member states and between these
732   IV,    12.  4        |                these aspects To provide the Member States and the institutions
733   IV,    12.  4        |               provide the Community and its Member States with objective, reliable
734   IV,    12.  4        |                  the European Union and its Member States, and promote dialogue
735   IV,    12.  5        | high-quality-diagnostic cooperation between Member States' laboratories; support
736   IV,    12.  5        |                   inter-operability between Member States.~1.2. Improve citizens'
737   IV,    12.  5        |                medical use while respecting Member States' responsibilities
738   IV,    12.  5        |             inequalities within and between Member States, including those
739   IV,    12.  5        |                   the necessary link to the Member State authorities and to
740   IV,    12.  5        |                     should cover all the EU Member States plus Iceland, Norway,
741   IV,    12.  5        |                     to 2001 on the 15 first Member States, allowed EHEMU to
742   IV,    12.  5        |               variability in DFLE across EU Member States and the differing
743   IV,    12.  5        |                    to comparability between Member States/Candidate Countries/
744   IV,    12.  5        |                    began in 2004 in several Member States and from 2005 in
745   IV,    12.  5        |                    65 years for selected EU Member States - men.~ ~Figure 12.
746   IV,    12.  5        |                    65 years for selected EU Member States - women.~ ~These
747   IV,    12.  5        |                information with and between member states, continuing development
748   IV,    12.  5        |                  these indicators in the EU member states. This ongoing work
749   IV,    12.  6        |                     at least half of the EU Member States.~ ~
750   IV,    12.  7        |                    Delegation of all the EU Member States at the end of a special
751   IV,    12.  7        |                   network of experts in the Member States who can give advice
752   IV,    12.  8        |                 that 'the Community and the Member States shall foster co-operation
753   IV,    12.  8        |                   the same time, individual Member States can no longer enter
754   IV,    12.  8        |                     of the EU from 15 to 27 member States (Table 12.10) started
755   IV,    12.  8        |                   10. The 27 European Union Member States and accession date.~ ~ ~
756   IV,    12.  8        |                    all those involved – the Member States, the Commission,
757   IV,    12.  8        |                  requirements that a future member state has to meet. The enlargement
758   IV,    12.  8        |                   euro per year but the new Member States can use the EU Structural
759   IV,    12.  8        |                 with the European Community Member States form the so-called
760   IV,    12. 10        |                      Policy developments in Member States~ ~Remarkable developments
761   IV,    12. 10        |                   It can be said that while Member States institutions and
762   IV,    12. 10        |                     the “Troika” mechanism, Member States have had essential
763   IV,    12. 10        |            priorities and many initiatives, Member States have deeply influenced
764   IV,    12. 10        |                    that have taken place in Member States, the interested reader
765   IV,    12. 10        |               documents adopted by selected Member States is given in Annex
766   IV,    12. 10        |                   for smoke-free Hospitals (member of European network for
767   IV,    12. 10        |                       B) Actions adopted by Member States in relation with
768   IV,    12. 10        |                similar services in other EU member states through research
769   IV,    12. 10        |                     Protection is an active member of the European Agency for
770   IV,    12. 10        |                 rest of the country) and is member of the European Network
771   IV,    13.Acr        |                     current practice in the member states. These priority areas
772   IV,    13.Acr        |                   in collaboration with its Member States have produced - mainly
773   IV,    13.  1        |               mortality indicators among EU Member States~ ~The data reported
774   IV,    13.  1        |                occurring among different EU Member States in some cases consisting
775   IV,    13.  1        |                    sectors and that each EU Member State has a different pathway
776   IV,    13.  2.  2    |                    at present comprising 53 Member States) where excess body weight
777   IV,    13.  2.  4    |                Disease (DALY's) in the EU27 Member States (2002)~ ~The major
778   IV,    13.  3        |               likely to be exposed. In most Member States, children and young
779   IV,    13.  3        |               health data concerning the EU Member States are compared. This
780   IV,    13.  3        |                    projections for the EU25 Member States on pensions, health
781   IV,    13.  3        |               likely to be exposed. In most Member States, children and young
782   IV,    13.  4        |           Employment Reports and encourages Member States to make immigrants'
783   IV,    13.  4        |                  Inclusion Process. Several Member States have identified the
784   IV,    13.  4        |                experience is now up to each Member State. The European Years
785   IV,    13.  4        |                experience is now up to each Member State. The new European
786   IV,    13.  4        |                      Particularly in the EU Member States facing such work-force
787   IV,    13.  4        |                PROGRESS provides support to Member States efforts towards:~·
788   IV,    13.  5        |                      Jacobzone, 1999).~ ~EU Member States have realised the
789   IV,    13.  5        |                   long term care provision. Member States are striving to ensure
790   IV,    13.  5        |            different socio-economic status. Member States should be strengthening
791   IV,    13.  5        |                   is needed. Virtually, all Member States have implemented
792   IV,    13.  5        |                  current health services in Member States for coping with different
793   IV,    13.  5        |                 Tallinn Charter (htt ), the Member States of the WHO European
794   IV,    13.  5        |                   solidarity, lies with the Member States, there is a European
795   IV,    13.  5        |             European cooperation in helping Member States to achieve their
796   IV,    13.  6.  3    |              subsidiary within Europe, each Member State has its own health
797   IV,    13.  7.  2    |                beginning to converge as new Member States move closer towards
798   IV,    13.  7.  3    |               welcome and timely, since for Member States and for Europe as
799   IV,    13.  7.  3    |                  making comparisons between member states as to demographic
800   IV,    13.  7.  4    |                     European Commission and Member States.~ ~
801   IV,    13.  7.  5    |                     of suitable safeguards, Member States may, for reasons
802   IV,    13.  7.  5    |             supervisory authority.~ ~All EU Member States have transposed Directive
803   IV,    13.  7.  5    |                    protection systems, most Member States have more or less
804   IV,    13.  7.  5    |                     as it will be up to the Member States to decide whether
805   IV,    13.  7.  5    |            encouraged, in consultation with Member States and other relevant
806   IV,    13.  8        |                health NGOs in the different Member States of the European Union.~
807   IV,    13.  8        |                  level and in the different Member States are lacking for several
808   IV,    13.  8        |                    rooted in the history of Member States. Some NGOs are charities,
809   IV,    13.  8        |                  civil society. Even within Member States of the EU and the