Brussels, April 28 (beraking latest news Salute) – The objective of the legal action launched by the European Commission against AstraZeneca in the court of Brussels “is to ensure that the doses of” anti-Covid vaccine “we believe we are entitled to are delivered by the company. have rather strong arguments in support of this request “. This was explained by the spokesman for the Health Commission, Stefan de Keersmaecker, during the press briefing in Brussels.
“What we are asking – he adds – is something that has not changed over time. From the beginning we asked for speed in delivering a sufficient number of doses, those to which Europeans are entitled on the basis of the contract. It is something we have dealt with in the context of negotiations with the company, but since these negotiations did not produce the result we hoped for, we have taken action in court. ”
As for the documents published by the Belgian weekly ‘Knack’, from which it emerges that Belgium was advised by Deloitte that the advance purchase contract did not provide for sufficient penalties in case of non-delivery, “I have no specific comments at this stage – replies the spokesperson – What matters to us is to ensure prompt delivery of the doses. We have a contract that contains clauses regarding delivery agreements, which indicate what is delivered and when. ” “It is an obligation that must be respected by the company and it is one of the reasons we go to court: to make sure that these obligations are respected,” he concludes.
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