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Blogs from the Citizens Advice Bureau Spain Team

New Eu Animal Health Rules

A proposal to streamline and simplify complicated animal health rules in the EU was informally agreed by MEPs, the European Commission and the national governments on 1 June. Marit Paulsen, the Parliament’s lead negotiator, described the r

Ttip - What Is It And How Will It Affect Us

The EU Trade Committee has drafted a series of recommendations re the TTIP negotiations. The text will be voted on by the EU Parliament on the 10th of June.  BREAKING NEWS 10.6.2015 : THE DEBATE AND VOTING ON TTIP HAS BEEN SUSPENDED!! The Europ

New Court Ruling Against The Inss

There has been a fourth ruling against the INSS for rejecting a person with a valid residencia permit for healthcare funded by the state. This time in Madrid, where the resident that was refused free healthcare was assisted by lawyers from NGO M

Eu Plenary Sessions Part Iii - Forest Strategy, Emergency Device In Cars And More

New EU forest strategy: better management can boost rural jobs, say MEPs ¨The new EU forest strategy must focus on managing forests sustainably, promoting efficient use of the raw materials that they produce, and boosting the competitiveness of

Eu Plenary Sessions Part Ii - Migration And Biofuels

Resolution approved in Plenary session of the EU Parliament on Migration: ¨The EU should do everything possible to prevent further loss of life at sea, e.g. by expanding the mandate of “Triton” operation in the Mediterranean to include R

New Eu Publications And Apps

A selection of recent EU Publications and Apps, all available in English and downloadable for free. For those interested in Cyber Space, there is a new App available from the European Commission. ¨The “Embrace Space” Space Research

Primary Care For Non -residents: A Smoke-screen

I know many of you must have seen the news that the “government” is giving non-documented individuals access to primary care medicine. I will now tell you why this will NOT work: + They will not have a card: no card, no access to s

Reporting Cases Of Illegal Practices By The Healthcare Facilities

Dear Members, I have been in touch with ‘Yo Si Sanidad Universal’, an association that is fighting to abolish abuses of the healthcare law. In order to do that, and also to expose the way that the civil servants do NOT do adhere to t

European Reglament On Statements Health Improving Properties Re Food Products

You might not be aware of this, but each and every statement on food products, claiming that a certain ingredient, in a certain dosage will have a positive effect on your health, needs to be approved by the European Commission. There is a separa

Recent Eu Publications

Three recent publications from the Europe Library, now added to the CAB Spain Library to peruse at your leisure. The first one, on SOLVIT success stories. Solvit assists EU citizens when national authorities do not act according to EU directions