Internet legislation

Environmental RouteNet provides a single gateway to the world s foremost databases and information sources available on the Internet. The sendee includes searchable links to hundreds of carefully-screened environmentally-related resources, selected and indexed by the editors at Cambridge Scientific Abstracts. In addition, the site provides access to proprietaiy environmentally-related databases and to daily updates of environmentally-related news stories, regulations and legislation, plus much, much more. 

In the case of European legislation there is a published information source that contains many of the relevant documents. This is the hard copy or electronic version of the multiple volumes of The Rules Governing Medicinal Products in the European Union. The most convenient way to obtain these documents—which will eventually consist of nine volumes, some of which will have several parts—is via the internet. The available volumes can be found by way of the following web address http //dg3.eudra.org/eudralex/index.htm. The volumes relevant for human medicinal products are ... 

QSAR models addressing five endpoints relevant for REACH legislation have been developed by the European funded CAESAR research project [56]. These models are focused on BCF in fish, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, developmental toxicity, and skin sensitization. The developed models have been implemented into a Java-based applet available through the Internet. 

Those who favor the MEAL Act, and similar legislation, say in response that we must do all we can to help people maintain a healthy weight. While the importance of exercise is undeniable, the quantity (4V and quality of what we eat must be changed. They believe that if we want consumers to make better choices when they eat out, nutritional information must be provided where they are selecting their food. Restaurant patrons are not likely to have memorized the calorie counts they may have looked up on the Internet, nor are they going to leave (3Q) their tables, or a line, to check out a poster that might be on the opposite side of the restaurant. 

Netherlands and in France. By mid 1997, most azo pigments, due to their very low solubility, had been exempted [9]. The legislative requirements have been discussed [10]. A voluntary registration scheme for harmless dyestuffs is available and makes use of the Internet [11]. 

The European Commission published the first draft (a. 11) of the REACH legislation to implement the White Paper on 7 May 2003. There was an 8-week Internet consultation on the workability of this legislation from 16 May to 10 July 2003, and about 6,400 contributions were received. The final proposed Regulation (a. 12), which took account of the Internet consultation, was presented on 29 October 2003. These formal legislative proposals have to be discussed by the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament under the Codecision Procedure. 

Smith, M.S. Congressional Research Services, Internet Privacy Overview and Pending Legislation (19 December 2003). 

Further modifications to advertising. Articles 86-100 of the EU Pharmaceutical Legislation Review 2001, now consolidated, do not even mention the internet. Should the proposals be accepted, the term advertising of medicinal products will in future include the phrase awareness of the availability of such products. This will, by implication, include the internet. The MHRA has published advice on advertising... 

Online data exchange is now possible with the standardised automated measurement methods being employed combined with telecommunication links. This data exchange allows for timely public air quality data to be sent via video text, the Internet, telephone and smartphones, as requested in the legislation. 

Most of the expert advice that forms the scientific basis of EC legislation on chemical contaminants in food is provided by the Commission s scientific advisory committees working in the food safety area. The experts on these committees are expected to provide independent advice and not represent their countries or the organisations that employ them. The results of the deliberations of the scientific advisory committees are published and are also available on the Internet at DG SANCO s web site (http //europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/ health consumer/index en.htm). 

The Commission s Food and Veterinary Office (FVO) carries out inspections in Member States to check that they have incorporated EC legislation into their national regulations and that they are enforcing it properly. The reports of these inspections are placed on the Internet at DG SANCO s web site. 

Information is provided by many institutions, often via the Internet and with similar instruments as described above in the EEA example. An example for a recent consultation process is the development of the REACH legislation where the European Commission (EC) actively sought the opinion of interest groups in public stakeholder consultations. 

This is a free, Web-based search system that provides access to structure and nomenclature authority files used for the identification of chemical substances cited in National Library of Medicine (NLM) databases. It also provides structure searching and direct links to many biomedical resources at NLM and on the Internet for chemicals of interest. The database contains over 367000 chemical records, of which over 142 000 include chemical structures, and is searchable by Name, Synonym, CAS Registry Number, Molecular Formula, Classification Code, Locator Code, and Structure, (online from NLM at http //chem.sis.nlm.nig.gov/chemidplus). CHEMLIST (Regulated Chemicals Listing) Contains information on over 230000 chemicals subject to legislative and regulatory control. Covers... 

In addition, when advertising or providing information to healthcare professionals over the internet, the companies observe the relevant legislation on therapeutic products and the recommendations by the IFPMA and EFPIA. 

MediRegs European Pharmaceutical Regulation Suite assembles comparable documents generated by the EU, such as legislation, European Court of Justice Opinions, and EMEA guidelines and EPARs. This separately searchable collection is updated weekly on the Internet and monthly on CD/ROM. 

The traditional security model can neither ensure confidentiality of sensitive healthcare information and protection of personal privacy nor conform to the governing legislation (e.g., HIPAA in United States, PIPEDA and FIPPA in Canada, EU Privacy Directive in the European countries) when healthcare services are offered through a public infrastructure such as the Internet. Obviously the security policy for an IT system will remain as only part of the traditional big picture, which includes physical security (e.g., locks for buildings, badge access to secure rooms), logical security (e.g., passwords for computers or networks, smartcards), and operational policies and procedures... 

Land contamination practice is a relatively young subject and there is much ongoing development in practice, guidance and legislation. This appendix presents some ways of keeping in touch with these developments by exploiting internet and e-mail resources. 

Thomas Legislative Information on the Internet at http //thomas. loc.gov/home/thomas.html... 

Internet Addresses where More Information on Standards, Guidelines, and Legislation Can Be Obtained... 

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