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Committee on Public Health Ordinary meeting

7 September 2026

Contents updated on 7 Sept 2026

The Chair opens the SANT committee meeting, adopts the agenda and minutes, holds the vote on the 2027 EU general budget opinion, and then introduces the item on the WHO pandemic agreement PABS annex and the EU’s negotiation mandate and objectives.

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Committee opening, agenda and shift to WHO PABS

04:17

Opening of meeting and 2027 EU budget vote

04:17

Opening of SANT committee meeting and agenda adoption

04:17

Vote on draft opinion — EU general budget 2027

05:28

WHO pandemic agreement PABS — EU mandate and objectives

08:52

Introduction of item — WHO pandemic agreement PABS annex

08:52

Zampetti — context of pandemic agreement and PABS objectives

11:07

Zampetti — negotiation deadlock and extension of mandate

13:51

Commission — need for pragmatic, ratifiable PABS

16:22

MEPs’ scrutiny of PABS and Commission response

17:17

MEPs’ questions — coalitions, timelines, equity, IP

17:17

MEP Andriukaitis: global coalition and diplomatic efforts

17:17

MEPs Bosse and Metz: role of SANT, timelines, IP waivers

19:03

Dostál and Chair: WHO funding, pharma influence, equity

21:46

Commission — ABS polarisation and WHO-centred approach

24:44

Commission — polarization on ABS model and coalition limits

24:44

Commission — prioritising WHO capacity and avoiding IP deadlock

28:38

Commission — PABS annex contracts and in-kind quotas

31:46

Stakeholder positions, coalition-building and industry obligations

35:28

Stakeholders — urgency, polarisation and coalition-building

35:28

Bosse and Andriukaitis — urgency, pharma role and coalition-building

35:28

Commission — rejecting transactional pathogen approach

39:06

Industry obligations, WHO neutrality and supply model

42:09

Dostál and Metz — industry obligations and public communication

42:09

Commission — WHO neutrality and in-kind supply model

45:02

Chair — formal closure and upcoming session

48:31

Chair — closing of session and next steps

48:31

Chair — closing remarks and next meeting date

48:31

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Committee on Public Health Ordinary meeting

7 September 2026

SANT Mon, 7 Sept 2026 European Parliament

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04:17 - 07:42

Speaker 1

Dear colleagues, please take your seats. We will start in a moment. Dear colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the full and substitute members of the SANT committee. Point one, adoption of the agenda.

You received the agenda. Can we adopt the agenda for today's meeting? Thank you, the agenda is adopted. Point two, chair's announcements. The summary of the decision taken during the last coordinators' SANT meeting on the 2nd of September was circulated by the secretariat on the 3rd of September.

Point three, adoption of minutes, I mean 13 and 14 July 2026 meeting. Can they be deemed adopted? Thank you. Dear colleagues, we start today's meeting with the adoption of the draft opinion of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2027.

The following members will be replaced during the votes today. Sergio Humberto will replace Tomislav Sokol. Fernando Navarrete Rojas will replace Michael Hadjipantela. Katerina Chinici will replace Letizia Moratti. Jana Najdova will replace Andrej Knotek.

Majdouline Sbaï will replace Martin Häusling. Yes, Mr. Nikos Papandreou will be replaced by Maria Guzenina. Okay, as we know that rapporteur Michalis Hadjipantela is not present, so we go directly to the vote. As usual, let's do a testing vote by roll call to check the system. I open the vote.

I close the vote.

Everything is okay. So we start with the vote compromise amendment one. Who is in favor? Against? Abstain?

Adopted. Compromise amendment two. Who's in favor? Against? Abstain?

Adopted. Compromise amendment three. Who's in favor? Against? Abstain?

Adopted. Compromise amendment four. Who's in favor? Against? Abstain?

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