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Health and Consumer Policy

Team Health and Consumers

Team leader

Joanna DARMANIN

BERL 11/113

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 88689

Secretariat: Claire GRECH

  • Overall Administration
  • HEBDOS
  • Direction and Management of the Cabinet
  • Relations with the Spokespersons' Service
  • Personnel

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Deputy Team leader

Nils BEHRNDT

BERL 11/121

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 53539

Secretariat: Francoise VERBUSTEL

SANCO.01: Audit & Evaluation
SANCO.02: Innovation for health & consumers
SANCO.03: Relations with agencies & advisory groups
SANCO.04: Communication
SANCO.A.3: Financing and Planning
SANCO.A.4: Information Systems
SANCO.A.5: Human Resources (ARGUS & Crisis Management)
SANCO.B.2: Health Technology & Cosmetics
SANCO.D.3: Risk Assessment*
SANCO.D.5: Medicinal products – authorisations, EMA SANCO.D.6: Medicinal products – quality, safety & efficacy

Horizontal:

  • Budget
  • Industry and Entrepreneurship
  • Research, Innovation and Science
  • Internal Audit Service

* SANCO.D.3: Responsibilities shared between N. Behrndt & P. Duarte Gaspar

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Members

Rossella DELFINO

BERL 11/136

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 96084

Secretariat: Catherine SAEREMANS-GALERNE

SANCO.A.1: Institutional Relations
SANCO.A.2: Legal Affairs
SANCO.B.1: Consumer Markets
SANCO.B.3: Product & Service safety
SANCO.B.4: Financial services & Redress
SANCO.B.5: Enforcement & European Consumer Centres
SANCO.B.6: Consumer strategy, Representation & International Relations

Horizontal:

  • Competition & State Aids
  • Internal Market and Services (excluding financial services)
  • Justice Fundamental Rights and Citizenship
  • Infringements
  • GRI
  • EP/Overall co-ordination of Council
  • Inter-institutional relations
  • Ombudsman

Harry VASSALLO

BERL 11/131

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 60398

Secretariat: Catherine SAEREMANS-GALERNE

SANCO.G.1: Animal nutrition
SANCO.G.2: Animal health
SANCO.G.3: Animal welfare
SANCO.G.4: Food, Alert system & training
SANCO.G.5: Veterinary programmes
SANCO.G.6: Multilateral international relations
SANCO.G.7: Bilateral international relations

Horizontal:

  • Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy
  • Transport
  • Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth
  • Trade
  • Climate Action
  • Energy

Paula DUARTE GASPAR

BERL 11/137

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 53554

Secretariat: Angele AQUILINA

SANCO.C.1: Programme & Knowledge management
SANCO.C.2: Health information
SANCO.C.3: Health threats
SANCO.C.4: Health determinants
SANCO.D.1: Strategy & international
SANCO.D.2: Healthcare systems (e-health workforce)
SANCO.D.3: Risk assessment*
SANCO.D.4: Substances of human origin & Tobacco control

Horizontal:

  • Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (VP/HR)
  • Development and Cooperation - EuropeAid
  • International Cooperation, Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response
  • Regional Policy and Structural Funds
  • Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
  • Digital Agenda

* SANCO.D.3: Responsibilities shared between N. Behrndt & P. Duarte Gaspar

Harald KANDOLF

BERL 11/144

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 50320

Secretariat: Angele AQUILINA

SANCO.E.1: Biotechnology
SANCO.E.2: Plant health
SANCO.E.3: Chemicals, contaminants, pesticides
SANCO.E.4: Nutrition, food composition & information
SANCO.E.5: Enforcement
SANCO.E.6: Innovation & Sustainability

Horizontal:

  • Environment
  • Maritime Affairs and Fisheries
  • Agriculture and Rural Development

Karl SCERRI

BERL 11/124

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 54230

Secretariat: Francoise VERBUSTEL

SANCO.D.2: Healthcare systems and EU2020 (excluding e-health)
SANCO.F.1: Country profiles, co-ordination of follow-up
SANCO.F.2: Food of animal origin: mammals
SANCO.F.3: Food of animal origin: birds & fish
SANCO.F.4: Food of plant origin, plant health; processing & distribution
SANCO.F.5: Animal nutrition, import controls, residues
SANCO.F.6: Animal health & welfare (FVO)
SANCO.F.7: Quality, planning & development

Horizontal:

  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Europe 2020 – European semester
  • Internal Market and Services – Financial Services
  • Taxation and Customs Union, Audit and Anti-Fraud
  • Home Affairs
  • Eurostat

Patricia MEANEY

Assistant to the Cabinet

BERL 11/146

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 69171

  • Co-ordination of Cabinet's Budget and Human Resources
  • Commissioner's Website
  • Security
  • Trainees, Special Advisors and Training

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Assistants / Secretaries

Frank ZAMMIT

BERL 11/096

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 50154

  • Relations with Maltese Stakeholders
  • Contacts with Maltese Press
  • Protocol
  • Visitors' Groups

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Gladys VELLA

Secretary

BERL 11/096

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 86553

Christian CASSAR

Secretary

BERL 11/112

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 88690

Claire GRECH

Secretary to Joanna DARMANIN

BERL 11/112

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 50142

Francoise VERBUSTEL

Secretary to Nils BEHRNDT and Karl SCERRI

BERL 11/122

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 68641

Catherine SAEREMANS-GALERNE

Secretary to Rossella DELFINO and Harry VASSALLO

BERL 11/133

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 91183

Angele AQUILINA

Secretary to Paula DUARTE GASPAR and Harald KANDOLF

BERL 11/141

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 88688

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Archives

François PECERE

BERL 11/150

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 62042

Jolita ILIEVA MORICEAU

BERL 11/150

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 60901

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Stagiaires

Nick MEYSMAN

Stagiaire

BERL 11/127

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 77745

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Press Team

Frederic VINCENT

Spokesperson

BERL 03/309

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 87166

  • Management of media communication on behalf of the Commissioner
  • Coordination of overall media strategy of the services of the Commissioner

Aikaterini APOSTOLA

Press Officer

BERL 03/308

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 87624

Christina WELLS

Secretary

BERL 03/308

Tel.: +32 (0)2 29 85725

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