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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12474

25 April 2020
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EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / State aid
Commission validates five national business support schemes in context of COVID-19
Brussels, 24/04/2020 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission authorised, on Thursday 23 and Friday 24 April, several State Aid schemes to support businesses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.

They were authorised under the Temporary Framework for State Aid adopted by the Commission on 19 March, as amended on 3 April 2020. 

Slovenia. Slovenia has notified to the Commission a €2 billion “umbrella” scheme including a dozen of measures to support companies affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Public support will take...

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