European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare
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| European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety | |
|---|---|
since 1 December 2024 | |
| Appointer | President of the European Commission |
| Precursor | European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety |
| Inaugural holder | Richard Burke |
| Formation | 1977 |
The European Commissioner for Health and Animal Welfare is a member of the European Commission. The current Commissioner is Olivér Várhelyi. The portfolio is responsible for matters of public health and animal welfare.
Portfolio
[edit | edit source]Markos Kyprianou was appointed to the Barroso Commission as European Commissioner for Health & Consumer Protection; however, with the accession of Bulgaria on 1 January 2007, the Consumer Protect portfolio was split off and given to Meglena Kuneva (See: European Commissioner for Consumer Protection). The post's Directorate-General is still merged with that office.
One policy is the promotion of warnings on tobacco packets, with the Commission moving towards pictorial warnings.[1] Following several European Union member states enacting bans on smoking in public places Kyprianou proposed a plan for an EU-wide ban of that kind.[2]
In May 2007, Kyprianou released a paper to tackle the shortage of organ donation in the Union. The plan included promotion, specially trained medical staff and an EU wide organ donor card.[3] After Kyprianou was appointed Foreign Minister of Cyprus, he was replaced by Androulla Vasiliou on 3 March 2008.
List of commissioners
[edit | edit source]See also
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Commissioner Kyprianou urges EU governments to use pictorial warnings on tobacco packets European Commission
- ^ Commission wants EU-wide smoking ban in public places Archived 30 August 2008 at the Wayback Machine euractiv.com 30 January 2007
- ^ Brussels to push for EU-wide organ donor card EUobserver. 20 May 2007