EU bans export of COVID-19 vaccines without permission from alliance members

“In an effort to ensure timely access to COVID-19 vaccines for all EU citizens and to address the current lack of transparency in vaccine exports outside the EU, the European Commission today put in place a measure requiring such exports to be subject to Member State authorization,” the statement said. European Commission (EC).

An EU export permit for coronavirus vaccines will be required until the end of March 2021.

On January 27, EC Vice-President Dubravka Shuitsa announced that the EU does not intend to ban the export of coronavirus vaccines produced in Europe.