# Commission introduces COVID vaccine export authorisations

Date: 2021

On 30 January 2021 the Commission put in a transparency-and-authorisation scheme for COVID vaccine exports after slow EU deliveries. [Breton](/people/thierry-breton) fronted industrial pressure. An export screen is a completed supply-security act, not a finding that he stole doses from Covax.

## People

- Thierry Breton: https://factrail.ai/people/thierry-breton

## Drivers

- Vaccine Accessibility: https://factrail.ai/drivers/vaccine-accessibility

## Sources

- https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-vaccines-idUSKBN29U1G4/
- https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_21_307

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/eu-breton-vaccine-export-2021