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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12768

24 July 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 26
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19 / Health
European Medicines Agency approves Moderna’s vaccine for use in 12-17 year olds

23/07/2021 (Agence Europe) – The European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded on Friday 23 July that the use of the Spikevax Covid-19 vaccine developed by the company Moderna could be extended to children aged 12 to 17 years. A study of 3,732 young people found that the antibody response to Spikevax in 12-17 year olds was comparable to that seen in young adults aged 18-25 years. Spikevax is the second vaccine to be so recommended at the European level, following Pfizer/BioNTech’s...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament regulation on cross-border health threats and new ECDC mandate
CLIMATE: European Commission intends to ensure maximum predictability in ETS
ENVIRONMENT: public access to justice, Member States endorse European Parliament/EU Council agreement on amending EU’s Aarhus Regulation
AGRICULTURE: a large majority of EU Member States approve CAP reform texts
FOOD SAFETY: safety of dietary sugars, EFSA launches consultation on draft scientific opinion
CIVIL PROTECTION: to date, 12 countries have provided material aid to Lithuania to help manage influx of migrants
INTERNAL MARKET/INDUSTRY: EU ministers agree on solutions for textile sector and energy-intensive industries
AUDIOVISUAL: new tool to help news media and audiovisual actors find European funding
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: recommendations of European Parliament working groups to rethink European democracy
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission is making progress in its discussions with third countries on recognition of digital ‘Covid’ certificates
HEALTH: at this time, vaccination is “fastest and best measure” to guarantee EU’s resilience, say European Affairs Ministers
HEALTH: EU will have delivered more than 200 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine via Covax by end of year, says Ursula von der Leyen
HEALTH: European Medicines Agency approves Moderna’s vaccine for use in 12-17 year olds
ECONOMY: European Commission to ask for two months to assess Hungarian recovery plan, says Viktor Orbán
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Tax Observatory examines impact of proposed exemptions from global minimum tax on companies
STATE AID: European Commission extends scope of General Block Exemption Regulation
STATE AID: new Notice on enforcement of State aid rules by national courts
STATE AID: European Commission investigates financing of Post Danmark’s universal service obligation
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation into proposed acquisition of GRAIL by Illumina
NEWS BRIEFS
CHINA: EU temporarily suspends certain anti-dumping tariffs on imports of Chinese trichloroisocyanuric acid
CLIMATE: EU taxonomy, NGO Reclaim Finance exposes lobbying by gas and nuclear sectors
COHESION: new website to monitor post-2020 Cohesion policy
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: embassies in Hungary from over 30 countries support LGBTIQ+ community for Budapest Pride Festival
ENERGY: European Commission to form stakeholder working group on offshore renewables
RUSSIA: European Union condemns recent Russian decisions targeting certain media and journalists
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: until 29 July 2021