The EU v UK vaccine tussle
Discussion
It'll be mid-July at least before we reach that pointTeddy Lop said:
loafer123 said:
BTW, what has happened in the EU/AZ case…I haven’t seen anything recently?
I was wondering that too. It just went silent.Interesting comment in one of the articles, though;
"An AstraZeneca spokesman told AFP on Friday that it has already submitted to the Belgian court evidence that it had informed the European Commission last year during contract negotiations that Britain would have priority on vaccines produced there."
isaldiri said:
FiF said:
So....mid range compared to Europe and pretty much no change here compared to back in April when we already had far higher vax levels and less deaths. There I was thinking the much more successful rollout would be showing a very clear difference in restrictions by now.......
Indoor and outdoor hospitality and hotels open
Non-essential retail and personal care open
Gyms & swimming pools open
Meeting indoors up to 6 people or 2 households
Most meeting up outdoors rules lifted
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56158405
Edited by CarlosFandango11 on Friday 18th June 12:33
I was *very* sceptical that the EU would proceed with their legal threat, mainly because of the risk that it might backfire. Which seems to have just happened, according to this... court finds in favour of AZN.....
https://twitter.com/ShonaMurray_/status/1405860369...
https://twitter.com/ShonaMurray_/status/1405860369...
EddieSteadyGo said:
I was *very* sceptical that the EU would proceed with their legal threat, mainly because of the risk that it might backfire. Which seems to have just happened, according to this... court finds in favour of AZN.....
https://twitter.com/ShonaMurray_/status/1405860369...
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The EU has a different take: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail...
The EU said:
Today, the Court of First Instance of Brussels decided to grant interim measures in the case brought against AstraZeneca by the European Commission and the 27 EU Member States.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
- 15 million doses by 26 July, at 9 a.m.,
- 20 million doses by 23 August,
- 15 million doses at 27 September.
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
MadCaptainJack said:
The EU has a different take: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail...
Would be good to read the full judgement but it seems like AZN did win. The EU said:
Today, the Court of First Instance of Brussels decided to grant interim measures in the case brought against AstraZeneca by the European Commission and the 27 EU Member States.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
- 15 million doses by 26 July, at 9 a.m.,
- 20 million doses by 23 August,
- 15 million doses at 27 September.
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
The court have said AZN need to deliver to a revised schedule of doses. And said if they don't there is a penalty of 10 euros per dose not delivered. Which is what the EU are quoting and how they are claiming "victory". However, the new schedule is far below what the EU were demanding. And far later as well. And the new schedule seems to be below the level which AZN would have achieved anyway.
Plus there is no penalty being applied for the current late deliveries. So they haven't got any more doses, nor have they been promised any more doses than they were going to get anyway, nor received compensation for the delay. So its hard to say objectively how the EU have won.
EddieSteadyGo said:
MadCaptainJack said:
The EU has a different take: https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail...
Would be good to read the full judgement but it seems like AZN did win. The EU said:
Today, the Court of First Instance of Brussels decided to grant interim measures in the case brought against AstraZeneca by the European Commission and the 27 EU Member States.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of vaccine by 27 September 2021 - according to a binding schedule:
- 15 million doses by 26 July, at 9 a.m.,
- 20 million doses by 23 August,
- 15 million doses at 27 September.
The judge's decision on the requested interim measures is based on the fact, that AstraZeneca committed a serious breach (‘faute lourde') of its contractual obligations with the EU.
The court also holds that AstraZeneca should have deployed all its efforts to deliver the vaccines within the agreed timetable including the British production sites explicitly mentioned in the contract – especially given the big delays in deliveries to the EU.
The court have said AZN need to deliver to a revised schedule of doses. And said if they don't there is a penalty of 10 euros per dose not delivered. Which is what the EU are quoting and how they are claiming "victory". However, the new schedule is far below what the EU were demanding. And far later as well. And the new schedule seems to be below the level which AZN would have achieved anyway.
Plus there is no penalty being applied for the current late deliveries. So they haven't got any more doses, nor have they been promised any more doses than they were going to get anyway, nor received compensation for the delay. So its hard to say objectively how the EU have won.
I imagine that then leaves them free to use their two EU plants to supply wherever they fancy?
NerveAgent said:
I’m I reading it right that the EU are trying to spin that AZ have to deliver “50 million doses” by September but they have actually already supplied 40 million of those as its based on numbers from the start of the court case?
According to AZ, they have already delivered 70m of the 80m required.VdL needs to be careful, she's spinning so hard she might implode!
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