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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12714
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PORTO SUMMIT / Health/trade

Issue of patent removal on Covid-19 vaccines on agenda of Porto Summit

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, said on Thursday 6 May that the heads of state and government would discuss the lifting of patents on Covid-19 vaccines at the Social Summit in Porto on 7-8 May. 

“The EU supports the ‘third way’ led by World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala to provide vaccines to the world”, he said on Twitter. He was referring to the WTO Director General’s position that there is a trade-off between lifting...

Contents

PORTO SUMMIT
SOCIAL: Member States agree at last minute on Porto Social Summit declaration
HEALTH/TRADE: issue of patent removal on Covid-19 vaccines on agenda of Porto Summit
INDIA: resumption of trade agreement negotiations expected at EU-India Summit
RUSSIA: Relations with Moscow on menu at informal dinner of EU leaders
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Josep Borrell supports idea of a first entry force
CSDP: Mr Borrell hopes to launch an EU military training mission in Mozambique in coming months
PESCO: EU allows Canada, Norway and US to participate in military mobility project
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission considers that London is not respecting fisheries chapter of trade agreement with EU
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: G7 concerned about Russian and Chinese attitudes
NEAR EAST: EU denounces new Israeli settlement announcements and demolitions
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: Commission aims to have three Covid-19 “therapeutics” approved in EU by October 2021
HEALTH: EU and G7 to champion a sustainable global approach to future pandemics
TRADE: Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway exempted from EU Covid-19 vaccine export licensing mechanism
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: continued uncertainty about role of plenary session of Conference on Future of Europe
TRANSPARENCY: EU Council adopts new rules making registration of interest representatives mandatory
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: Commission’s decision to restrict use of three bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides was justified, confirms Court of Justice of EU
POLAND: Polish legislation on disciplinary regime for judges is contrary to EU law, says Court’s Advocate General
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: proposal for a directive on sustainability reporting well received
COMPETITION: European Commission is considering improving certain rules on horizontal agreements between companies
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU agri-food trade down in January 2021, says European Commission
CIRCULAR ECONOMY/ENERGY: European Commission consults on its new eco-design and energy labelling work plan
ENERGY/CLIMATE: a 45% drop by 2030 in human-caused methane emissions would reduce global warming by 0.3°C, according to UN
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Special Representative of Council of Europe Secretary General presents an Action Plan to better protect vulnerable migrants
NEWS BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: EU calls for peace and condemns violence on all sides
CLIMATE: COP25 and COP26 Presidents call on all countries to raise their climate ambitions
DIGITAL: Microsoft commits to keeping its European customers' data in Europe
ERRATUM
TRANSPORT: European Parliament will vote on 17 May on EU-US agreement on time limits for leasing aircraft with crew