Nuclear energy in the European Union

Nuclear policy has been present from the very beginning of the European Union. The six founding nations signed the Treaty on the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom Treaty) in 1957, which is one of the three founding treaties establishing the EU.

September 7, 2023
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Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application [EU Legislation in Progress]

SoHO-based treatments are of high value. They provide large numbers of life-saving and life-enhancing therapies every year: 25 million units of blood for transfusion (e.g. for surgery or trauma care); 36 000 stem cell transplants for blood cancers, life-creating therapies (medically assisted reproduction treatments, e.g. 940 000 cycles of in vitro fertilisation), and life-improving therapies (e.g.14 500 cornea transplants for restoring sight, and 2 000 skin transplants for burn wounds and other injuries).

September 6, 2023
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Standards of quality and safety for substances of human origin intended for human application [EU Legislation in Progress]

SoHO-based treatments are of high value. They provide large numbers of life-saving and life-enhancing therapies every year: 25 million units of blood for transfusion (e.g. for surgery or trauma care); 36 000 stem cell transplants for blood cancers, life-creating therapies (medically assisted reproduction treatments, e.g. 940 000 cycles of in vitro fertilisation), and life-improving therapies (e.g.14 500 cornea transplants for restoring sight, and 2 000 skin transplants for burn wounds and other injuries).

September 6, 2023
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