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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12728

28 May 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 37
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
EU wants to ensure that AstraZeneca will deliver all approved doses of Covid-19 vaccine
Brussels, 27/05/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Union is demanding that AstraZeneca use its six manufacturing sites to deliver the remaining 90 million doses of its Covid-19 vaccine out of the 120 million provided for in the contract between the Anglo-Swedish pharmaceutical group and the European Commission, under the threat of a daily penalty payment of €10 million.

“The aim of the penalties sought is not to obtain financial compensation for a loss, but to force AstraZeneca to provide the promised vaccines as quickly...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: 2021, the European Year of Rail. Really? (1)
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: ‘DMA/DSA’, Member States support legislative package, but want more involvement of national competition authorities
INDUSTRY: European Commission will not make public list of critical industrial components on which EU is dependent, for now
ENERGY: revised ‘RED II’ Directive remains reserved for renewables, Kadri Simson tells MEPs
AGRICULTURE: final push for political compromise between EU institutions on CAP
PLANTS: Agriculture Council supports an adaptation of legislative framework for new biotechnologies
FISHERIES: EU Ministers want full agreement with UK on 2021 quotas
BIODIVERSITY: EU pollinators initiative useful but not sufficient, says Commission assessment
HEALTH: political groups in European Parliament detail their priorities for new Pharmaceutical Strategy for Europe
MIGRATION: European Parliament is trying to identify main problems of ‘Pact on Migration and Asylum’ with Member States
COHESION: EU Council adopts a series of cohesion policy regulations
CONSUMERS: BEUC warns EU about toxic chemicals found in non-plastic disposable tableware
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Tokyo launch “Green Alliance” to strengthen cooperation on climate, environment and biodiversity
JAPAN: EU ready to engage with its Japanese partner to tackle various global challenges
BELARUS: Mr Borrell calls for quick decision on new EU economic and sectoral sanctions
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU to step up involvement in resolving frozen conflicts
MALI: European Foreign Ministers concerned about “coup within a coup”
AFRICA: EU Foreign Ministers want “more proactive, more engaged, and more vocal” EU-Africa relations
ANGOLA: EU Council gives green light to opening of negotiations for an agreement on investment facilitation
SYRIA: EU denounces presidential elections of 26 May
PAKISTAN: Shah Mehmood Qureshi calls for relations between his country and EU to be strengthened
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Portuguese Presidency of Council of EU makes a new proposal regarding coordination of social security systems
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HEALTH: MEPs take initial stock of strategy for Covid-19 treatment options
COHESION: REACT-EU—European Commission approves new support for four EU countries
HEALTH: EU wants to ensure that AstraZeneca will deliver all approved doses of Covid-19 vaccine
ECONOMY: Finland officially submits its national recovery plan
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: timetable and content of Conference on Future of Europe work are becoming clearer
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: preparations are well underway for return to Strasbourg on 7 June for plenary session
NEWS BRIEFS
HOME AFFAIRS: EU Council adopts new Regulation on Visa Information System
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU increases humanitarian aid for Palestinians by 8 million euros
INSURANCE: Petra Hielkema to chair European regulator EIOPA from 1 September
GENDER EQUALITY: Commission unable to “fully accept” all Court of Auditors’ recommendations on gender mainstreaming in EU budget
COMPANIES: 60 organisations urge EU to lead on public country-by-country reporting
SPACE: space sector suggests reducing imports in EU
MIGRATION: more asylum applications in EU from Moroccan and West African nationals
SYRIA: EU extends sanctions against regime until 1 June 2022
TOURISM: EU Council calls for mobilisation of EU budget and European Recovery Plan for tourism sector