The European Commission “launched a legal action against AstraZeneca on Friday, based on the violation of the advance purchase agreement”. Health spokesman Stefan de Keersmaecker announced this during a press briefing in Brussels. “The terms of the contract – continues de Keersmaecker – were not respected and the company was not in a position to present a reliable strategy to ensure timely delivery of the doses”. “What matters to us – he continues – is that we want to ensure that there is a rapid delivery of a sufficient number of doses, to which European citizens are entitled and which have been promised on the basis of the contract. The Commission has initiated this legal action to own account and on behalf of the 27 Member States, which are fully aligned in supporting this procedure, “he concludes.
The European Commission prepares legal action to force AstraZeneca to deliver vaccines
by our correspondent Alberto d’Argenio
AstraZeneca has made it known that it fully rejects the action taken by the European Commission, that it has respected the terms of the agreed sale and adding that it is about to complete the delivery of 50 million doses to the European Union by the end of April. The company has promised it will defend itself to the last in court.
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