Legislative Observatory

The EU’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic

The European Union has taken urgent and determined measures to help people and businesses tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. Here is the list of Covid-19 related procedure files.

11/11/2022

Related procedures

Specific provisions for the 2014-2020 cooperation programmes supported by the European Neighbourhood Instrument and under the European territorial cooperation goal, following programme implementation disruption

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2022/0227(COD)

Temporary relief from the slot utilisation rules at Community airports due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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2022/0214(COD)

EU Digital COVID Certificate - Union citizens

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2022/0031(COD)

EU Digital COVID Certificate - third-country nationals

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2022/0030(COD)

Duration of the reference period for the application of temporary measures concerning the levying of charges for the use of railway infrastructure

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2021/0437(COD)

Transitional provisions for certain in vitro diagnostic medical devices and deferred application of requirements for in-house devices

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2021/0323(COD)

Transitional provisions of certain machinery fitted with engines in the power range between 56kW and 130kW, and above 300kW in order to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis

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2021/0129(COD)

Digital Green Certificate - third-country nationals

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2021/0071(COD)

Digital Green Certificate - Union citizens

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2021/0068(COD)

Temporary relief from the slot utilisation rules at Community airports due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0358(COD)

Authorising the Commission to vote in favour of the capital increase of the European Investment Fund

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2020/0343(COD)

Specific measures on L-category end-of-series vehicles in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

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2020/0251(COD)

Organic production: date of application and certain other dates

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2020/0231(COD)

Amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 as regards adjustments to the securitisation framework to support the economic recovery in response to the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0156(COD)

Amendments to the Prospectus Regulation

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2020/0155(COD)

Markets in financial instruments: information requirements, product governance and position limits to help the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0152(COD)

General framework for securitisation and specific framework for simple, transparent and standardised securitisation to help the recovery from the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0151(COD)

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and Instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management: decommitment procedure

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2020/0140(COD)

Conduct of clinical trials with and supply of medicinal products for human use containing or consisting of genetically modified organisms intended to treat or prevent coronavirus disease

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2020/0128(COD)

Measures for a sustainable rail market in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0127(COD)

Emission limits and type-approval for internal combustion engines for non-road mobile machinery: transitional provisions in order to address the impact of COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0113(COD)

European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD), the EFSD Guarantee and the EFSD Guarantee Fund

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2020/0107(COD)

Solvency Support Instrument

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2020/0106(COD)

Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) 2014-2020: specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0105(COD)

Recovery and Resilience Facility

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2020/0104(COD)

Exceptional additional resources and implementing arrangements under the Investment for growth and jobs goal to provide assistance for fostering crisis repair in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and preparing a green, digital and resilient recovery of the economy (REACT-EU)

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2020/0101(COD)

European citizens’ initiative: temporary measures concerning the time limits for the collection, verification and examination stages in view of the COVID-19 outbreak

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2020/0099(COD)

European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD): specific measures to provide exceptional temporary support under EAFRD in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

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2020/0075(COD)

Interoperability of the rail system within the EU and Railway safety (4th Railway Package): extension of the transposition period

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2020/0071(COD)

Common rules for the operation of air services in the Community in view of the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0069(COD)

Specific and temporary measures in view of COVID-19 outbreak and concerning the validity of certain certificates, licences and authorisations and the postponement of certain periodic checks and training in certain areas of transport legislation

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2020/0068(COD)

Provision of port services and financial transparency of ports: enabling managing bodies or competent authorities to provide flexibility in respect of the levying of port infrastructure charges in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak

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2020/0067(COD)

Capital Requirements Regulation: adjustments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0066(COD)

Macro-Financial Assistance to enlargement and neighbourhood partners in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic crisis

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2020/0065(COD)

Medical devices

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2020/0060(COD)

Specific measures to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak in the fishery and aquaculture sector

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2020/0059(COD)

Introduction of specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0058(COD)

Specific measures to provide exceptional flexibility for the use of the European Structural and Investments Funds in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

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2020/0054(COD)

Financial assistance to Member States and countries negotiating their accession to the Union seriously affected by a major public health emergency

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2020/0044(COD)

Specific measures to mobilise investments in the health care systems of the Member States and in other sectors of their economies in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (Coronavirus Response Investment Initiative)

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2020/0043(COD)

Allocation of slots at Community airports

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2020/0042(COD)

Temporary measures in relation to value added tax for COVID-19 vaccines and in vitro diagnostic medical devices

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2020/0311(CNS)

Value added tax (VAT) - administrative cooperation and combating fraud: postponement of the date of application due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0084(CNS)

VAT e-commerce package – distance sales of goods and services: postponement of the date of application due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 crisis

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2020/0082(CNS)

Taxation - administrative cooperation: deferral of certain deadlines for the filing and exchanging of information in the field of taxation due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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2020/0081(CNS)

Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020

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2020/0109(APP)

Temporary measures concerning the general meetings of European companies (SE) and of European Cooperative Societies (SCE)

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2020/0073(APP)

Multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020

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2020/0055(APP)

Amending budget 6/2021: additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, UCPM reinforcement and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue

2021/0326(BUD)

Amending budget 1/2021: financing the COVID-19 response and including refinements and updates related to the final adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework

2021/0078(BUD)

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Greece and France in relation to natural disasters and to Albania, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain in relation to a public health emergency

2021/0077(BUD)

Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020: providing emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforcing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

2020/2057(BUD)

Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: migration, refugee inflows and security threats; immediate measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; reinforcement of the European Public Prosecutor's Office

2020/2056(BUD)

Amending budget 2/2020: providing emergency support to Member States and further reinforcement of the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak

2020/2055(BUD)

Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: migration, refugee inflows and security threats; immediate measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; reinforcement of the European Public Prosecutor's Office

2020/2053(BUD)

Amending budget 1/2020: assistance to Greece in response to increased migration pressure; immediate measures in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak; support to post-earthquake reconstruction in Albania; other adjustments

2020/2052(BUD)

Amending budget 6/2020: increase of payment appropriations for the Emergency Support Instrument to finance the COVID-19 vaccines strategy and for the impact of the Corona Response Investment Initiative Plus

2020/1997(BUD)

Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund: assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency

2020/0299(BUD)

Amending budget 8/2020: mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Croatia and Poland in relation to a natural disaster and to provide for the payment of advances to Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal and Spain in relation to a public health emergency

2020/0297(BUD)

COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned and recommendations for the future

2022/2076(INI)

The impact of COVID-19 closures of educational, cultural, youth and sports activities on children and young people in the EU

2022/2004(INI)

Towards an EU strategy to promote education for children in the world: mitigating the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

2021/2209(INI)

The gender perspective in the Covid-19 crisis and post-crisis period

2020/2121(INI)

The role of the EU's development cooperation and humanitarian assistance in addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

2020/2118(INI)

Trade related aspects and implications of COVID-19

2020/2117(INI)

Foreign policy consequences of the COVID-19 outbreak

2020/2111(INI)

Resolution on meeting the global COVID-19 challenge: effects of the waiver of the WTO TRIPS Agreement on COVID-19 vaccines, treatment, equipment and increasing production and manufacturing capacity in developing countries

2021/2692(RSP)

Resolution on EU transparency in the development, purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines

2021/2678(RSP)

Resolution on the accessibility and affordability of COVID testing

2021/2654(RSP)

Resolution on the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America

2021/2645(RSP)

Resolution on the impact of Covid-19 on youth and on sport

2020/2864(RSP)

Resolution on the Schengen system and measures taken during the COVID-19 crisis

2020/2801(RSP)

Resolution on the impact of COVID-19 measures on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights

2020/2790(RSP)

Resolution on COVID-19: EU coordination of health assessments and risk classification, and the consequences for Schengen and the single market

2020/2780(RSP)

Resolution on the future of European education in the context of Covid-19

2020/2760(RSP)

Resolution on the cultural recovery of Europe

2020/2708(RSP)

Resolution on the EU’s public health strategy post-COVID-19

2020/2691(RSP)

Resolution on the rights of persons with intellectual disabilities and their families in the COVID-19 crisis

2020/2680(RSP)

Resolution on European protection of cross-border and seasonal workers in the context of the COVID-19 crisis

2020/2664(RSP)

Resolution on transport and tourism in 2020 and beyond

2020/2649(RSP)

Resolution on the situation in the Schengen area following the COVID19 outbreak

2020/2640(RSP)

Resolution on the new multiannual financial framework, own resources and the recovery plan

2020/2631(RSP)

Resolution on EU coordinated action to combat the COVID 19 pandemic and its consequences

2020/2616(RSP)

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