Dear Minister,

On behalf of the Commission Directorate  General DG SANTE we would like to inform you  about the launch of a study on legislative alignment/approximation checks of the EU public health acquis for non-EU countries. The study will cover  the following ENP countries: Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.

In this regard we would be grateful  if your respective services would  fill the attached Tables (1 for Communicable Diseases, 2 for Tobacco and 9 for SOHO)  and send them to the EU Delegation to Georgia by mid- September 2018.

European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) countries (approximation checks)

For information, hereafter a non-exhaustive survey of EU public health acquis that could be the subject of the assessment requests (ToCs):

Tobacco Control

Directive 2014/40/EU

Directive 2003/33/EC

Substances of human origin (blood, tissues and cells, organs)

Directive 2002/98/EC

Directive 2004/33/EC

Directive 2005/61/EC

Directive 2005/62/EC

Directive 2014/110/EU

Directive (EU) 2016/1214

Directive 2004/23/EC

Directive 2006/17/EC

Directive 2006/86/EC

Directive 2012/39/EU

Directive 2015/565

Directive 2015/566

Directive 2010/53/EU

Serious cross-border health threats including communicable diseases

Commission Decision No 1082/2013/EU

Commission Implementing Decision 2014/504/EU

Commission Decision No 2000/96/EC

Commission Implementing Decision No 2017/253/EC

Commission Decision No 2002/253

We thank you in advanced for your cooperation on this study,

Nika

Nino (Nika) Kochishvili (Mrs)

Programme Officer

EU Delegation to Georgia

38, Nino Chkheidze street

0102  Tbilisi, Georgia

Tel: +995 32 2 943763

Email: nino.kochishvili@eeas.europa.eu