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GENERAL INFORMATION. Capital: Warsaw Language: Polish Population: 38 million Climate: Temperate with mild summers and moderately s evere winters Currency: Zloty (PLN, zł), 1 zloty = 100 groszy Approx. 11 500 authorized medicinal products. GEOGRAPHY. Poland
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GENERAL INFORMATION Capital: Warsaw Language: Polish Population: 38 million Climate: Temperate with mild summers and moderately severewinters Currency: Zloty (PLN, zł), 1 zloty = 100 groszy Approx. 11 500 authorized medicinal products
GEOGRAPHY Poland has beautiful coastal beaches and dunes, lake districts carved out by glaciers, plains as flat as a pastry board, lush forests, mountains old and new, including the only Table Mountains in Europe, and even a desert region.
HISTORY Poland had two historical capitals – Gniezno and Krakow andthe present capital is Warsaw – Thesecities should not to be missed when travelling along the historical trail.
These are the most important dates in Polish History 966 – Baptism of Poland 1410 – Battle of Grunwald 1772 – The First Partition of Poland 1791 – Constitution of May 3 1793 – Second Partition of Poland 1795 – Third Partition of Poland 1816 – The Kingdom of Poland 1914 - 1918 – World War I 1918 – Polish Independence 1939 – 1945 – World War II 1989 – Fall of Communism 1999 – Accession to NATO 2004 – Accession to the European Union
These are the names of Poles who are famous worldwidely Nicolaus Copernicus – the astronomer and author of “On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres” Frederic Chopin – one of the greatest pianists of the 19th century Maria Sklodowska-Curie - discovered polonium and radium and did research into radioactivity and its use in cancer treatment Karol Wojtyla, known as Pope John Paul II Polish Nobel prize winners include: Henryk Sienkiewicz, Wladyslaw Reymont, Czeslaw Milosz, Lech Walesa and Wislawa Szymborska
WHAT AND WHERE MEETINGS OF POLISH PRESIDENCY
Meeting of the Group for Coordination of Mutual and Decentralized Procedure – CMDh (28-30 of September, Warsaw); • Meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use – CHMP (28-30 of September, Warsaw); • Meeting of the Pediatric Committee – PDCO (28-30 of September, Warsaw); • Meeting of the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use –CVMP (19-21 of September, Warsaw); • Meeting of the Group for Coordination of Mutual and Decentralized Procedure (veterinary) – CMDv (19-21 of September, Warsaw); • Meeting of the Committee on Herbal Medicinal Products – HMPC (5-7 of October Warsaw); • Meeting of the Pharmacovigilance Working Party – PhVWP (5-7 of October Warsaw); • European Medicines Agencies Cooperation on Legal and Legislative Issues – EMACOLEX 11-12 of October, Warsaw • Competent Authority Medical Devices Meeting – CAMD (26-28 of October, Krakow); • Central Management Committee Meeting – CMA (26-28 of October, Krakow).
PROPOSED ITEMS FOR AGENDA • Court cases, • Transposition problems of the new legislation on pharmacovigilance and falsified medicinal products, • Other subjects you find interesting. • Please, kindly send your proposals of subjects you would liketo present in Warsaw to: lidia.retkowska@urpl.gov.pl • cc to rafal.gizinski@urpl.gov.pl , for court cases also to: JULIAN.SHELLARD@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK by July 15, 2011
VENUE The Marriot Hotel downtown Warsaw