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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12538

30 July 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 26
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
EU guarantees supply of 30,000 treatments of Remdesivir
Brussels, 29/07/2020 (Agence Europe)

Just one month after the European Medicines Agency gave the go-ahead, the European Commission announced on Wednesday 29 July that it had reached an agreement to guarantee access to Remdesivir, marketed under the name Veklury, for treating Covid-19. 

“This 63 million euros contract should make it possible to treat around 30,000 patients with severe Covid-19 syndromes”, commented a Commission spokesperson.

Under this agreement, funded by the EU’s Emergency Support Instrument, Member...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: In support of an EU ‘Zero Racism’ pact (3/4)
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: Member States’ Ambassadors to EU remove Algeria from list of non-Member States whose residents may return to EU
ECONOMY/BUDGET: EU Member States pave way for talks on Recovery Fund and next MFF with European Parliament
ECONOMY/BUDGET: €1.824 trillion agreement on Recovery Plan and 2021-2027 MFF translated into amounts per programme
COHESION: Commission is satisfied with way Member States are using flexibilities introduced in Structural and Investment Funds
HEALTH: EU guarantees supply of 30,000 treatments of Remdesivir
HEALTH: European Ombudsman opens inquiry into ECDC’s capacity to collect and assess Covid-19-related information
FISHERIES: Bulgaria reallocates €6.6 million of EU funds for companies affected by Covid-19
CIVIL PROTECTION: Covid-19, South Sudan to benefit from EU humanitarian airlift
EXTERNAL ACTION
HONG KONG: EU adopts measures in favour of people of Hong Kong
CHINA: EU discusses Uighur situation with Beijing
UKRAINE: EU condemns latest Russian “efforts” at forcible integration of Crimea and Sevastopol
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission publishes initial impact assessment on artificial intelligence
ENERGY: Nord Stream 2 takes case to EU Court of Justice after its appeal against revision of EU Gas Directive was rejected
TRANSPORT: changing national political priorities jeopardise completion of TEN-T core network by 2030, warns EESC
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission rejects applications for EU twinning programme from six Polish localities that have been source of discriminatory resolutions
BIODIVERSITY: EFSA publishes its report on review of evidence on bee background mortality
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: taxonomy on sustainable finance, Commission is preparing its delegated act for entities subject to Non-Financial Reporting Directive
ECB: monetary institute reviews organisational structure of its supervisory arm
TAXATION: EESC calls for a European standard for data collection by digital platforms
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
AUDIOVISUAL: fewer than one in four film directors in Europe are women, according to report by European Audiovisual Observatory
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Insurance Europe calls for anti-money laundering rules designed for banks not to be extended to insurers
GREECE: further extension of post-programme Enhanced Surveillance framework
INDUSTRY: EIB provides new financing for construction of Sweden’s first lithium-ion battery giga-plant
MIGRATION: linked by Schengen and Dublin, Switzerland can take part in discussions on Pact on Asylum and Migration
SERBIA: civil society is a crucial component of any democratic system, said Ana Pisonero