The eMap-Coronavirus2019

EU CRISIS MANAGEMENT

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With the epidemic outbreak caused by the new coronavirus, the EU has made a series of decisions in all areas of its competence and which can support member countries and the world community in their battle to defeat the new virus and to provide valid remedies for the consequences in the health, social and economic fields.

​This Interactive Neural eMap offers an updated mapping of new and ongoing EU Initiatives for Crisis Management and Solidarity due to the  the new Coronavirus.

 

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EU CRISIS MANAGEMENT

EU CIVIL PROTECTION

What is it responsible for?

. Floods
. Medical emergencies
. Preparedness & prevention
. Epidemics
. Tropical cyclones
. Earthquakes
. Forest fires
. Environmental accidents
. Marine pollution
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• ...and for Coronavirus?

  All european initiatives, presented in this eMap are actively supported and managed by EU Civil Protection Mechanism

GLOBAL ASSISTANCE

8 April 2020

EU announce Global EU response ti EU
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Facts & Figures

INSIDE EU

• February-April 2020
  European Solidarity in Action
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• March 2020
  Greece
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• 5 April 2020
  Italy received PPE from Member States

  Italy received a delivery of personal protective equipment coordinated through the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre. Several EU Member States have also sent protective equipment such as masks, overalls and ventilators to Italy, as well taking in Italian patients for treatment in their countries.

• 6 April 2020
  China provided Italy with 2 million surgical masks, 200,000 N95 masks and 50,000 testing kits

  Following an agreement reached between President von der Leyen and Premier Li Keqiang last month, a donation of protective equipment from China to the European Union has now arrived in Rome, Italy, via the  EU Civil Protection Mechanism

• 7 April 2020
  Doctors and nurses to Italy from Romania and Norway. Austria delivers disinfectant

  A team of European doctors and nurses from Romania and Norway, deployed through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, is being immediately dispatched to Milan and Bergamo to help Italian medical staff battling coronavirus. Austria has also offered over 3,000 litres of disinfectant to Italy via the Mechanism. The Commission will coordinate and co-finance this European assistance.

OUTSIDE EU

• March - 6 April 2020
  China
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  • 25 February 2020
    56 tonnes to China

    25 tonnes of supplies (protective clothing, disinfectant and medical masks) were delivered to China, provided by France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Estonia, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovenia via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism

• 30 March 2020
  Western Balkans
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• 30 March 2020
  Eastern Partners
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MEDICAL EQUIPMENTS: CREATING EU CAPACITY

PRODUCTION

• March 2020
  Increasing European production capacities
  Briefing

PUBLIC PROCUREMENT

• 28FEB-19MAR 2020
  . EU Guidance on how to use flexibilities offered by the EU public procurement framework

  . European Call for tender for medical devices
  (Tender not published)

  Briefing

RESERVES

• 19 March 2020
  RescEU Stockpile for Medical Devices

  Creation of a Common Strategic Reserve for the stockpiling of medical equipment such as ventilators, protective masks and essential medical gear to help EU countries in need
  Briefing

• 27 March 2020
  The Commission proposed to allocate €30 million more to the first ever rescEU stockpile of medical equipment, in addition to the initially announced €50 million, bringing the total budget to €80 million.

DISTRIBUTION

• 19 March 2020
  rescEU stockpiling
  A common European reserve -  of medical equipment. The Commission will finance the stock and will manage the distribution of the equipment.
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IMPORT

• EU and Member States rules for import
  Briefing

EXPORT

• 19 March 2020
  Exports to third Countries only with authorisation & free inside EU
  Briefing

BRINGING STRANDED CITIZENS HOME

500,000 people have been flown back to Europe thanks to flights organised by the Member States. In addition, the EU Civil Protection Mechanism has facilitated the repatriation of more than 27,000 EU citizens to Europe from all over the world.

Overview of repatriation flights

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