Meeting with SANCO

In January 2006, The Federation of European Academies of Medical Science met with the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Affairs (SANCO) to request MRI’s exclusion. SANCO was surprised to discover that the Directive (drawn up by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities [EMPL]) had been passed without any impact assessment of its health implications and is meeting Commissioner Spidla to discuss this.

France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic have all made representations to Commissioner Spidla (of EMPL), opposing the Directive’s impact on MRI, and our objections to the Directive have been repeated by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology and by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.

In January, The Federation of European Academies of Medical Science met with the Directorate-General for Health and Consumer Affairs (SANCO) to request MRI’s exclusion. SANCO was surprised to discover that the Directive (drawn up by the Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities [EMPL]) had been passed without any impact assessment of its health implications and is meeting Commissioner Spidla to discuss this.

France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the Czech Republic have all made representations to Commissioner Spidla (of EMPL), opposing the Directive’s impact on MRI, and our objections to the Directive have been repeated by the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology and by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine.