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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12776

26 August 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 16
NEWS BRIEFS / Health
EMA gives green light to increase production capacity of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines

25/08/2021 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 24 August, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) gave its approval to increase the production capacity of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech (Comirnaty): the agency approved a new manufacturing line at the German production site in Marburg as well as a new manufacturing site for the finished product, which will be located in France, in Saint-Rémy-sur-Avre. These changes are expected to increase the manufacturing capacity of the active...

Contents

FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission’s plan on mutual recognition of parenthood in EU raises interest and controversy
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: EU rules revising Gas Directive must apply to Nord Stream 2, says German court
ENERGY: global CO2 emissions from power sector have increased by 5% compared to pre-Covid levels, according to Ember
HOME AFFAIRS: more than 20,000 European Arrest Warrants were issued in EU in 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: some 60 MEPs call on EU to set up humanitarian corridors
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Paulo Rangel calls for a direct right of initiative for European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Commission supports Latvia in deposit guarantee schemes case between Riga and Sweden
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Poland must guarantee human rights of people blocked at its border with Belarus, warns Dunja Mijatović
HEALTH: European Court of Human Rights rejects application by French firefighters opposed to compulsory Covid-19 vaccination
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: last step before adoption of updated environmental geospatial data sharing rules
TAXATION: Emmanuel Macron and Bruno Le Maire in Dublin to discuss global corporate tax reform
CSDP: Jacques Langlade de Montgros, new Force Commander of EUTM RCA
UNITED KINGDOM: France calls for EU-UK migration agreement
HEALTH: European Commission officially launches European Clinical Trials Information System (CTIS)
HEALTH: EMA gives green light to increase production capacity of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines
TRANSPORT: air passenger traffic in EU down 76.9% in first half of 2021 compared to 2019