The objective of this Council Regulation is to lay down measures to respond to the urgent and exceptional humanitarian needs experienced in Member States as a result of the spreading of the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and the related disease (COVID-19), which has been characterised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a public health emergency of international concern and a global pandemic.
Cilj je ove Uredbe Vijeća utvrditi mjere kako bi se odgovorilo na hitne i izvanredne humanitarne potrebe u državama članicama uslijed širenja teškog akutnog respiratornog sindroma uzrokovanog koronavirusom 2 (SARS-CoV-2) i povezane bolesti (COVID-19), koje je Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija (WHO) proglasila izvanrednim stanjem javnog zdravlja od međunarodnog značaja, odnosno globalnom pandemijom.