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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12474

25 April 2020
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NEWS BRIEFS / Trade
UNCTAD and EU call for multilateralism to be placed at heart of COVID-19 pandemic response

24/04/2020 (Agence Europe) – In its annual report for 2019, UNCTAD called on its 195 members on Friday 24 April to strengthen their joint action: sustainable and climate-friendly trade, inclusive digitalisation and special support for the African continent in its fight against the pandemic. On the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace, the organisation urged its members to improve multilateral cooperation to address the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. This...

Contents

EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
BUDGET: Commission confirms its wish to raise €323 billion of capital to revive EU economy after COVID-19
BANKS: Dombrovskis announces revision of banking prudential rules
STATE AID: Commission validates five national business support schemes in context of COVID-19
INDUSTRY: priority is to identify European industrial ecosystems needing finance, according to Thierry Breton
RESEARCH: clinical trials for a COVID-19 vaccine are expected to begin in June or July, says Commissioner Gabriel
TRADE: export licensing scheme for medical equipment, new version in effect on 26 April
UN: WHO and EU united in call for accelerated vaccine development and universal worldwide access
EMPLOYMENT: EU-OSHA publishes guidance for companies to prepare for return to workplace
CIVIL PROTECTION: COVID-19, equipment shipped to Dutch Caribbean islands with EU support
HEALTH: larger and well-designed studies are needed to better understand effect of chloroquine on COVID-19, says EMA
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: clock is ticking, but EU and London are still as far apart as ever on terms of an agreement
CHINA: Zhang Ming believes that COVID-19 can be an opportunity to explore new areas of bilateral cooperation
ISRAEL: following formation of government, Borrell warns that EU will monitor colonisation policy closely
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: objective of reaching an agreement on digital taxation at OECD before end of 2020 remains, confirms Pascal Saint-Amans
ECONOMY: Verhofstadt and Garicano present their own vision of a European post-COVID-19 pandemic recovery fund
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Commission proposes to return 2019 surplus of €3.2 billion to Member States
SECTORAL POLICIES
PATENTS: BusinessEurope looks forward to swift ratification of agreement on unified patent court
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca advocates additional measures to help wine sector in face of coronavirus
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Ryanair plans to take legal action against State aid granted to national airlines
AZERBAIJAN: EU welcomes acquittal of Ilgar Mammadov and Rasul Jafarov
CLIMATE: European Parliament’s Legal Service reaffirms its opinion rejecting use of delegated acts provided for in Climate Law
TRADE: UNCTAD and EU call for multilateralism to be placed at heart of COVID-19 pandemic response
DEFENCE: EDA gives green light to launch an R&D project to improve resistance of troops in cold weather
GUINEA-BISSAU: EU welcomes end of post-electoral deadlock
ITALY: Rome forecasts a deficit of 10.4% and a public debt of 155.7% of national GDP in 2020 
FISHERIES: MEPs approve an amendment to International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
RUSSIA: EU calls for investigations into threats and attacks against several journalists
ERRATUM
TRANSPORT: Maltese ministers who have written to Commission about air passengers’ rights are Ian Borg, Julia Farrugia and Silvio Schembri
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 27/04 through 03/05/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 3 May 2020