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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12456

28 March 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 35
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
UK is completely free to join common European respirator purchase
Brussels, 27/03/2020 (Agence Europe)

The United Kingdom is considering joining the European Union's joint purchasing scheme for respirators (see EUROPE B12450A1), the British government said on Thursday 26 March, explaining an initial refusal as “a miscommunication”.

Asked about this on Friday 27 March, the Commission’s Health Spokesman, Stefan de Keersmaecker, recalled that the United Kingdom is “a signatory to the common agreement. They are therefore free to participate in any tender issued during the current...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
COHESION: COVID-19, Member States specify their expectations of second package of measures
BUDGET: Commission proposes an increase in 2020 budget for repatriation flights, 'RescEU' stockpile and migration
STATE AID: COVID-19, Commission facilitates short-term export credit insurance policies with public bodies
FINANCE: COVID-19, ESMA gives green light to additional time limits for publication of annual financial reports
WTO: sixteen member countries agree on a Multiparty Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement
TRANSPORT: EU gives green light for night flights in support of air freight
TRANSPORT: goods must move, but not at cost of health and safety of drivers, says ETF union
CIVIL PROTECTION: COVID-19, part of additional 75 million euros will enable “ramp up” of repatriation of European citizens
JUSTICE: Europol warns about new “corona crimes”
CULTURE: beneficiaries of Creative Europe programme invited to present their work online
AGRICULTURE: Spanish and French Ministers agree on agricultural emergency measures related to COVID-19
FOOD: EPP Group in European Parliament calls for a postponement of 'Farm to Fork' strategy for several months due to COVID-19
FISHERIES: MEP François-Xavier Bellamy calls for additional measures related to COVID-19
HEALTH: UK is completely free to join common European respirator purchase
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament to hold extraordinary plenary session in mid-April, announces Dacian Cioloș
PARLIAMENT: COVID-19, ECR group in European Parliament proposes to use MEPs’ allowances for purchase of medical equipment
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: European Parliament vote paves way for moratorium on airport slots to enter into force in early April
COHESION: European Parliament almost unanimously votes on emergency measures to tackle COVID-19
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: European Parliament committee wants to take part in reflection on budgetary response to COVID-19 pandemic
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: EU calls for end to human rights violations in Eastern Ukraine
YEMEN: EU welcomes calls for a ceasefire by parties involved in conflict
AFGHANISTAN: after several attacks, EU reiterates its call for a ceasefire
GUINEA: EU condemns deadly violence surrounding 22 March twin ballots
TRADE: in 2019, record increase in EU trade surplus
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Laura Codruţa Kövesi heard on increase of budget of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office for 2020
AGRICULTURE: CAP increases Member States' ambition in protecting biodiversity, according to report
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Council of Europe and Fundamental Rights Agency issue reminder of principles that apply at EU's external borders
MIGRATION: COVID-19, Dunja Mijatović calls for release of migrants in detention
NEWS BRIEFS
BANGLADESH: EU welcomes release of Begum Khaleda Zia from prison
CLIMATE: Commission launches public consultation on revised rules for protection of ozone layer
EUROPEAN COMMISSION: appointment of two Directors-General for Departments of Agriculture and Internal Market
SPACE: pollution in Europe is at its lowest due to COVID-19, according to ESA
UNITED KINGDOM: ongoing contacts between Commission and European Parliament working group on future relationship with London
RUSSIA: Putin calls for moratorium on sanctions during COVID-19 crisis
SOCIAL: CEEP launches a new platform ‘Services of general interest facing COVID-19’