The European Commission is authorised to negotiate, on behalf of the EU, an international agreement at the WHO on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response.
The Council of the EU adopted without debate on Thursday 3 March the formal decision giving the European Commission a mandate to negotiate with a view to concluding such an international agreement and also to negotiate amendments to the International Health Regulations (IHR) (see EUROPE B12897A22).
The European Commission will...