This European Commission Guidelines provides specific information and indications aimed to ensure continued EU passage and supply of goods, especially food and medical and health supplies, due to Covid-19 emergency situation. Key points are as follows: transport of goods and services; supply of goods (supply chain of essential products such as medicines, medical equipment, essential and perishable food products and livestock); health-related measure (appropriate measures need to be taken for people who are identified as posing a risk to public health from Covid-19). This Text also includes provisions regarding external and internal borders in this context. These indications are meant to avoid shortages and avoid that the social and economic difficulties that all European countries are already experiencing worsen, maintaining the functioning of the Single Market, with an aim for Member States to undertake measures that shall preserve the integrity of the Single Market for goods, in particular of supply chains (here in particular principles of integrated approach to an effective border management to protect health while preserving the integrity of the Single Market).
2020-03-16