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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12715

8 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 28
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Trade
EU awaits evidence that intellectual property slows supply of Covid-19 vaccines
Brussels, 07/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

While the EU is prepared to discuss the lifting of patents at the World Trade Organization (WTO), it is far from convinced that this will quickly solve the problem of Covid-19 vaccine supply. 

“At the moment there is no evidence on the table that intellectual property rights are a barrier, that they are a bottleneck. We have not had a single example where production capacity has been restricted because of intellectual property”, explained an EU official on Friday 7 May.

The EU says it...

Contents

PORTO SUMMIT
SOCIAL: Porto Social Summit, a European attempt to speed up implementation of European pillar of social rights
SOCIAL: at Porto Summit, social partners present their methodology for measuring citizens’ “well-being”
SOCIAL: The radical Left organises its social counter-summit in Porto
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: agreement on role and composition of plenary assembly of Conference on Europe
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
TRADE: EU awaits evidence that intellectual property slows supply of Covid-19 vaccines
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency begins rolling review of a fourth potential treatment for Covid-19
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: European Commission gauges temperature with stakeholders on corporate environmental performance information
FINANCE: European Commission proposes a new set of technical regulatory standards on benchmarks
FINANCE: securitisation - Commission clarifies cooperation obligations between national and European authorities
FINANCE: Commission proposes to extend derogation from clearing obligation for Pension Scheme Arrangements
MONEY LAUNDERING: EBA builds its future central anti-money laundering database
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Western Balkans and transatlantic relations on EU ministers agenda on Monday 10 May
ENLARGEMENT: Olivér Várhelyi prepared to decouple accession processes of North Macedonia and Albania
NEAR EAST: EU takes action over allegations Palestinian armed group was funded using European funds
AFGHANISTAN: Westerners call for immediate resumption of peace negotiations
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: European Union wants to further promote new Strategy on Adaptation to Climate Change on international stage
CLIMATE: ETS, Frans Timmermans warns against European Commission action to regulate carbon price
FOOD SAFETY: E171 colouring agent can no longer be considered a safe food additive, says EFSA
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
WOMEN: report denouncing barriers to sexual and reproductive rights to be adopted in European Parliament Committee
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe Committee for Prevention of Torture calls for decent living conditions for prisoners
POLAND: European Court of Human Rights condemns Poland in a case involving reform of judicial system
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: more climate impacts of F-gases than usually considered, according to NGO ECOS
CONSUMERS: since March 2020, ECC-Net has compensated its users for over €4 million
MIGRATION: Ylva Johansson in Ankara to discuss positive development of EU-Turkey relations
MIGRATION: Slovenia strengthens surveillance of its border with Croatia
NICARAGUA: recent electoral reform takes country further away from ending crisis, says EU
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS : until 16 May 2021
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other events: until 14 May 2021