LATEST KEY DEVELOPMENTS

Competition & State Aid

• DG COMP COVID-19 website and mailbox for informal guidance

• Extension of State aid Temporary Framework

• Public short-term export credit insurance available

Trade / Export Controls

• Commission Guidance on customs issues related to COVID-19 crisis

• G20 trade ministerial meeting

• EU’s planned suspension of tariffs, VAT on medical supplies

• UK waives import duties and VAT on vital medical equipment

• Europe sells medical goods to Iran in first bypass of US sanctions

• INTA supports export authorization requirement for PPE, but urges to exempt the Western Balkans

Medicines, Medical Devices, and Personal Protective Equipment

• Commission Proposal to delay entry into full effect of Medical Devices Regulation

• EU Emergency Support Instrument for the healthcare sector

• Commission Guidance on public procurement framework in COVID-19 crisis

• UK MHRA Statement on Phase I clinical trials