Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (SANTE)

Source: Europa Nu.

This Directorate-General is responsible for EU legislation in the areas of food safety, safety of products and public health.

The main tasks of the DG are:

  • to protect and improve public health
  • to guarantee food safety
  • to protect the health and welfare of farm animals
  • to protect crops and forests

On January 1st 2015 the consumer protection unit was moved to the DG Justice and Consumer Affairs i.

 

1.

Legislative proposals in negotiation

There are 195 proposals for legislative or other legal instruments of this Directorate-General in negotiations with the Council and the European Parliament.
Date Title
10.07.2025  Implementation of the EU Global Health Strategy.
Report com(2025)392
 
19.06.2025  Delegated acts of the Commission under Regulation (EU) 2016/429 on transmissible animal diseases (‘Animal Health Law’).
Report com(2025)316
 
11.03.2025  Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL laying a framework for strengthening the availability and security of supply of critical ...
Regulation com(2025)102
 
29.11.2024  Assessment of written guarantees provided by the United Kingdom to the Commission pursuing Article 8 of Regulation 2023/1182 on specific rules relating to medicinal ...
Report com(2024)565
 
29.11.2024  Operation of Article 17 of Regulation 2017/745 on single-use devices and their reprocessing.
Report com(2024)560
 

2.

Legislation currently being implemented

There are 110 laws or other legal instruments of the Council and the European Parliament, previously proposed by this Directorate-General, which are currently being implemented by the member states.
Date Title
13.11.2024  Authorisation of Member States to accept the amendments to the International Health Regulations contained in the Annex to Resolution WHA77.17 and adopted on 1 June 2024.
Decision com(2024)541
 
04.09.2024  Amendment of Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the forest reproductive material of the ‘tested’ category, its labelling and the names of the authorities responsible for ...
Decision com(2024)387
 
05.02.2024  Amendment of Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Moldova on fodder plant seed-producing crops and on the ...
Decision com(2024)52
 
23.01.2024  Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2017/745 and (EU) 2017/746 as regards a gradual roll-out of Eudamed, information obligation in case of interruption of supply and the ...
Regulation com(2024)43
 
17.10.2023  Amendment of Regulation 2016/2031 as regards multiannual survey programmes, notifications concerning the presence of regulated non-quarantine pests, temporary ...
Regulation com(2023)661
 

3.

Legislation in force

There are at least 16 laws or other legal instruments in force that have been previously proposed by this Directorate-General.
Date Title
17.09.2024  Smoke- and Aerosol-Free Environments.
Recommendation com(2024)55
 
31.01.2024  Vaccine-preventable cancers.
Recommendation com(2024)45
 
26.04.2023  Stepping up EU actions to combat antimicrobial resistance in a One Health approach.
Recommendation com(2023)191
 
20.09.2022  Strengthening prevention through early detection: A new EU approach on cancer screening.
Recommendation com(2022)474
 
18.12.2020  Common framework for the use, validation and mutual recognition of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests in the EU.
Recommendation com(2020)849