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Amending Budget No 2/2020: Emergency support to the health sector to respond to the coronavirus outbreak
Draft Amending Budget No 2/2020 (DAB 2/2020) aims to finance proposed action under the Emergency Support Instrument (ESI) and the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU) to support Member States’ healthcare systems in fighting the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). The European Parliament is expected to vote, under the urgent procedure, on the Council position on DAB 2/2020 during the 16-17 April plenary session.
Amendment of the 2014-2020 MFF regulation: Using the global margin for commitments to finance measures in the healthcare sector under the Emergency Support Instrument
On 2 April 2020, as part of the EU response to the needs resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, the European Commission proposed to activate the Emergency Support Instrument and reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU). Provision of funding for these measures (€3 billion) requires mobilisation of flexibility and last resort mechanisms available under the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). In order to use the global margin for commitments for this purpose, the Commission ...
Global and regional governance: Initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the spread of COVID-19 to be a pandemic, confirming the global impact of the disease. Across the world, regional and global international organisations are stepping up coordination to confront the medical crisis and mitigate its effects on economies, societies and individuals.
Harmonisation measures for the internal market
In 2014, the Commission proposed to revise three directives, namely on Personal protective equipment, Appliances burning gaseous fuels and Cableway installations, with the aim to simplify and update them to address some past implementation problems and to align them with the New Legislative Framework. According to the Commission proposals all three directives should be replaced by regulations and concern the European Economic Area (covering the EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) ...
Personal Protective Equipment: Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment
This note seeks to provide an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's Impact Assessment (IA) accompanying the Commission proposal for a Regulation on personal protective equipment. This is a proposal to revise Council Directive 89/686/EEC of December 1989 which aims to permit the free movement of personal protective equipment (PPE) in Europe while ensuring a high level of protection for its users against risks. PPE is defined as 'any device or appliance designed ...
Personal Protective Equipment at Work
This report investigates whether there is a conflict between European harmonised legislation covering personal protective equipment at work and the freedom of orthodox Sikhs to practise their religious customs, in particular to wear uncut hair and beards, a comb in the hair knot on top of the head and a Turban for male Sikhs. We found evidence for such a conflict in the UK, where the implementation in national law of the relevant EU directives (DIR 89/656/EEC and 89/686/EEC) resulted in a reversal ...