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European Commission waives customs duties and VAT on the import of medical equipment from non-EU countries

The European Commission has approved requests from Member States and the UK to temporarily waive customs duties and VAT on the import of medical devices, and protective equipment, from third countries in order to help in the fight against coronavirus. This will make it easier financially to get the...
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CEN AND CENELEC MAKE EUROPEAN STANDARDS AVAILABLE TO HELP PREVENT THE COVID-19 CONTAGION

In response to the coronavirus outbreak, CEN, the European Committee for Standardization, and CENELEC, the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization, agreed, in collaboration with all their Members and after the urgent request from the European Commission, to make freely available a...