Vaccine export control

Vaccine export control

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News

 * 10 May 2021, ForeignPolicy.com, Industrial policy saved Europe’s vaccine drive, The EU got its act together not by banning exports but through classic cooperation with industry.
 * 24 Apr 2021, Economist.com, American export controls threaten to hinder global vaccine production, The world’s biggest vaccine-maker says it will feel the pinch in a month
 * 07 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Brussels blocks vaccine exports in all but name, It’s all a bit nuanced, but EU pressures vaccine-makers to prioritize Europe rather than it overtly blocking exports.
 * 07 Apr 2021, Politico.eu, Australia escalates EU vaccine spat, Brussels’ claim that it is not blocking shipments is ‘semantics,’ Canberra says.
 * 30 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, UK to prioritize own vaccine rollout before sharing shots with others, ‘Our focus has to be to try and keep Britain safe,’ says senior Cabinet member.
 * 28 Mar 2021, FranceInfo.fr, Covid-19 : la France va récupérer au moins deux millions de doses du vaccin AstraZeneca sur un stock de 29 millions récemment découvert en Italie, Ces doses ont été découvertes lors d'une inspection menée sur un site du groupe pharmaceutique suédo-britannique.
 * 27 Mar 2021, The Economist, Hopes of a better post-Brexit relationship with the EU are fading, Differences over Northern Ireland will outlast vaccine nationalism
 * 26 Mar 2021, Reuters.com, EU pledges to keep AstraZeneca doses in the bloc for now, “We have the tools and will make sure everything stays in Europe until the company (AZ) will come back to its commitments,” Breton said
 * 26 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Von der Leyen challenges UK over vaccine exports, ‘Perhaps I’m mistaken,’ says Commission president, noting she was ‘waiting for their transparency.’
 * 25 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, New global vaccine fight follows old diplomatic playbook, U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the FT on Thursday “Our contract trumps theirs. It’s called contract law — it’s very straightforward.”
 * 24 Mar 2021, Europa.eu, UK and EU vow vaccine cooperation but offer no specifics, The vague statement seemed aimed at reassuring citizens a trade war was not imminent.
 * 24 Mar 2021, The Economist, Europe’s plans to restrict vaccine exports are dangerous, For itself—and for the world
 * 24 Mar 2021, Europa.eu,, Commission strengthens transparency and authorisation mechanism for exports of covid-19 vaccines.
 * 24 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, EU moves toward six-week vaccine export cut, The controversial proposal says EU should block exports that ‘pose a threat’ to vaccine supplies in the bloc.
 * 24 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, EU sends Italian police to find AstraZeneca vaccines, triggering global angst, The move demonstrates the fever pitch the vaccine rollouts have created — and just how distant talks of global cooperation feel now.
 * 24 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Italian authorities discover 29M Oxford/AstraZeneca doses: La Stampa, Discovery comes as AstraZeneca faces harsh criticism over delivery shortfalls. This discovery comes as AstraZeneca comes under harsh criticism from the European Commission over shortfalls of vaccine deliveries, having widely missed its original delivery targets set in the EU's advance purchase agreement. Its most recent promise is to deliver in the first quarter of the year 30 million doses — nearly equal to the amount found at the Catalent site.
 * 23 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, UK’s Remainers question love for EU amid vaccine row, Even die-hard Europhiles are beginning to doubt the bloc’s handling of the vaccination drive.
 * 23 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Boris Johnson: UK doesn’t believe in vaccine blockades, UK prime minister says he is ‘encouraged’ by recent noises from the Continent amid ongoing vaccine exports row.
 * 23 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Merkel warns EU ‘to be very careful’ with vaccine export bans, German chancellor’s comments seemed intent on de-escalating standoff between the EU and UK.
 * 22 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, ‘We’d all lose’ if EU restricts vaccine exports, Ireland’s Martin warns, Irish prime minister says vaccine curbs would prompt others to ‘start putting up barriers globally.’
 * 22 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Boris Johnson urged to keep cool as UK and EU square up on vaccines, The moment of truth will come on Thursday, when EU leaders discuss their course of action at a Council summit.
 * 22 Mar 2021, Bloomberg Quint, U.K.’s Johnson says EU doesn’t want vaccine ‘blockades’
 * 22 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Threats but few details as European Commission demands vaccine ‘reciprocity’, The EU wants AstraZeneca to fulfil its contract, but hasn’t detailed its plan to achieve that goal.
 * 22 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Dutch ready to block AstraZeneca if UK deal fails, Government expected to follow Commission advice if Brussels recommends a block, diplomat says.
 * 21 Mar 2021, Bloomberg.com, Vaccine battle heats up with EU ready to halt UK shipments
 * 21 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, UK tells EU to act like ‘grown-ups’ amid vaccine export row, Defense secretary urges European leaders to not ‘indulge in rhetoric’ as bloc weights AstraZeneca export curbs.
 * 21 Mar 2021, Reuters.com, EU rebuffs UK calls to ship AstraZeneca covid vaccines from Europe
 * 20 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Von der Leyen threatens AstraZeneca with vaccine export ban, EU could block exports if firm does not meet delivery obligations, Commission chief says.
 * 17 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, UK accuses EU of vaccine ‘brinkmanship’ after threat to block exports, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says spat over jabs reminds him of ‘less democratic regimes than our own.’ “The supply of vaccines from EU production facilities to the U.K. is indeed fulfilling contractual responsibilities, and we fully expect those contracts to be delivered on,” Hancock said.
 * 17 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Von der Leyen threatens to block vaccine exports unless EU ‘gets its fair share’, The EU may also restrict vaccine exports to countries with higher vaccination rates than Europe. [...] "We have observed that in the last six weeks, actually 10 million doses by now have been exported to the U.K. We're still waiting for doses to come from the U.K." she added.
 * 12 Mar 2021, (fr) franceinfo:, Covid-19 : pourquoi l'Union européenne exporte des millions de vaccins, L'Europe a envoyé 34 millions de doses de vaccins vers 31 pays. Un chiffre qui a de quoi surprendre, alors que le continent est à la traîne dans sa campagne de vaccination.
 * 11 Mar 2021,, Commission extends transparency and authorisation mechanism for exports of covid-19 vaccines
 * 11 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, EU’s UK ambassador denies ‘vaccine nationalism’ amid export row, João Vale de Almeida called for transparency in UK coronavirus jab exports.
 * 10 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, EU to extend vaccine export restrictions until June, The scheme was originally set to run until the end of March... While the U.K. does not have a legal ban on coronavirus vaccine exports, it has contractually made sure that locally produced vaccines stay in the country.
 * 10 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Why the UK doesn’t need a coronavirus vaccine export ban, With clever contracts and targeted investments, Britain has secured vaccine supply by other means.
 * 10 Mar 2021, Charles Michel challenges UK to show vaccine export data, In an interview, European Council president presses London to disclose numbers, saying EU is exporting ‘a lot of doses.’
 * 09 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, UK anger at EU claim it has banned vaccine exports, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab writes to Charles Michel to say UK has ‘not blocked the export of a single COVID-19 vaccine.’
 * 05 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Australia asks Commission to review Italy’s Oxford/AstraZeneca export block, ‘In Italy, people are dying at the rate of 300 a day,’ PM Scott Morrison acknowledges, while in Australia there were just 2 locally acquired cases of coronavirus in the past week.
 * 04 Mar 2021, Politico.eu, Italy blocks shipment of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine headed to Australia, The EU’s export scheme requires companies to get explicit authorization from national authorities before exporting vaccines.
 * 25 Feb 2021, Reuters.com, EU says UK, U.S. have vaccine export bans, EU allows exports of Pfizer, Moderna shots, Von der Leyen added that the United States and Britain had systems in place that effectively blocked the export of covid-19 vaccines.
 * 10 Feb 2021, Bloomberg.com, European Union approves 23 more exports of covid-19 vaccines
 * 11 Feb 2021, voxeu.org, Export controls on covid-19 vaccines: Has the EU opened Pandora’s box?
 * 31 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, EU offers UK ‘reassurances’ over vaccine supply after Irish border row, UK minister emphasizes need for ‘collaboration’ on vaccines.
 * 29 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, UK weighs vaccine export restrictions, The move follows fears that vaccines produced in the UK could be diverted to the EU.
 * 29 Jan 2021, Europa, Commission puts in place transparency and authorisation mechanism for exports of covid-19 vaccines
 * 28 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, EU brandishes export ban to claim dibs on vaccines, After production setbacks by Pfizer and AstraZeneca, Commission announces measures to block international shipments.
 * 28 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, UK won’t lift coronavirus medicine export restrictions, Boris Johnson said it was ‘commonsensical’ not to restrict cross-border supplies of vaccines.
 * 28 Jan 2021, Bloomberg.com, Faced with vaccine shortages, EU set to impose export controls
 * 27 Jan 2021, Politico.eu, UK restricts COVID medicine exports amid AstraZeneca vaccine fight, Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he doesn’t want border ‘restrictions’ for medicines, but that’s what his government is doing.

EUR-Lex

 * , Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/111 of 29 January 2021 making the exportation of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation - OJ L 31I, 30.1.2021, p. 1–8 -
 * Article 122 TFEU