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Originally Posted by nomadking
The EU have released a reacted version of the AZ contract.
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Page 11 para 5.4, Sneaky of them to talk about EU plants and non-EU plants, but include the UK in the definition of EU manufacturing plants.
Page 12 para 6.2, Also sneaky to say that AZ would not be in breech of the agreement if they were unable to deliver because of competing agreements, but only if those competing agreements were with the EU itself.
Page 23 para 13.1(e), It also says AZ are under no obligation to anybody else to fulfil their agreements, until AFTER the "Initial Europe Doses"(300m) of them has been fulfilled. They are trying to hijack a whole years worth of UK production.   |
Yeah ... that's not going to fly.
Section 5.4 is very clearly there to favour production inside the EU rather than outside it, and to prevent AstraZeneca producing EU vaccine outside of the EU, without first getting written permission from the EU. That clause includes the UK within the definition of the EU, purely to exempt AstraZeneca from needing EU permission to use the facilities there. The inclusion of the UK within the definition of EU is explicitly limited to section 5.4. There's nothing in 5.4 that gives the EU first call on vaccine produced in the UK.
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Pro tip by the way, if you're trying to search the PDF, the only mention of the UK is on one of only three pages in the document that are photocopy images rather than searchable electronic text. If I was a cynical person I might even find that a bit suspicious.