The contributions of all members of the public system and the State contributions are pooled in the central ‘health fund’ (Gesundheitsfonds), administered by the Federal Insurance Authority (Bundesversicherungsamt).

The latest announcements by the French Cyber Threat Response and Treatment Centre (CERTA) and the German Office for Information Security (BSI) advising against the use of Microsoft's Internet Explorer owing to gaps in the security of internet data have greatly alarmed Greek users and European users in general.

The latest announcements by the French Cyber Threat Response and Treatment Centre (CERTA) and the German Office for Information Security (BSI) advising against the use of Microsoft's Internet Explorer owing to gaps in the security of internet data have greatly alarmed Greek users and European users in general.

Horizontal initiatives, such as the dialogue between the Commission and the US Office of Management and Budget on general regulatory policy, including: gaining an enhanced understanding on of each other’s regulatory practices, transparency provisions and public consultation, regulatory impact assessment methodologies and risk assessment methodologies; blueprint on identifying resources and mechanisms to promote exchanges of US and European regulatory experts. Sectoral activities in a number of specific areas, such as: pharmaceuticals, auto safety, information and communications technology standards in support of regulations and public p ...[+++]olicies, cosmetics, consumer product safety, enforcement of consumer protection, unfair commercial practices, nutritional labelling, food safety, marine equipment, eco-design, chemicals, energy efficiency, telecommunications and radio communication equipment and medical devices (see MEMO/05/213).

For the purposes of this Agreement, DHS means the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the Secretary and the entities that directly support it, but does not include other components of DHS such as the Citizenship and Immigration Services, Transportation Security Administration, United States Secret Service, the United States Coast Guard, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

As in previous years, Germany’s annual reports for 2000 on the Protection of the Constitution at national and regional level categorise the IGMG (‘Milli Görüs’) and the Islamic Federation in Berlin as ‘Security-endangering and extremist activities by foreigners’.