# Shortage of medicines - how to address an emerging problem

European Parliament procedure 2020/2071(INI) (INI - Own-initiative procedure, 9th term, committee ENVI / INTA / ITRE / TRAN). Stage: Procedure completed. 1,068 committee amendments tabled by 162 Members between 2020-05-18 and 2020-06-08.

## What the amendments focus on

Own-initiative report on shortages of medicines. Amendments note that the COVID-19 pandemic exposed the EU's over-reliance on a narrow set of countries for imports of active pharmaceutical ingredients and chemical raw materials, call for stepping up medicine production capacity in Europe, and debate intellectual property rights, the TRIPS agreement, free trade agreements and the WTO in relation to access to and availability of medicines.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Véronique TRILLET-LENOIR | France | RE | 108 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197593.md |
| Nicolae ȘTEFĂNUȚĂ | Romania | Verts/ALE | 83 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/58766.md |
| Martin HOJSÍK | Slovakia | RE | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197770.md |
| Susana SOLÍS PÉREZ | Spain | PPE | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197784.md |
| María Soraya RODRÍGUEZ RAMOS | Spain | RE | 81 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4344.md |
| Irena JOVEVA | Slovenia | RE | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197447.md |
| Bernard GUETTA | France | RE | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197543.md |
| Laurence FARRENG | France | RE | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197589.md |
| Sylvie BRUNET | France | RE | 80 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197576.md |
| Irène TOLLERET | France | RE | 77 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197547.md |
| Fabienne KELLER | France | RE | 77 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/22858.md |
| Christophe GRUDLER | France | RE | 77 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197557.md |
| Chrysoula ZACHAROPOULOU | France | RE | 77 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197499.md |
| Frédérique RIES | Belgium | RE | 55 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4253.md |
| Ondřej KNOTEK | Czechia | PfE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/197528.md |

## Official source documents

- PE652.313: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/INTA-AM-652313_EN.pdf
- PE652.370: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-652370_EN.pdf
- PE652.374: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ITRE-AM-652374_EN.pdf
- PE652.627: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-652627_EN.pdf
- PE652.628: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-652628_EN.pdf
- PE652.629: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ENVI-AM-652629_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2020-2071-INI · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2020-2071-INI.json

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