only one of the five vaccine-production plants listed in the EU contract with AstraZeneca was delivering vaccines to the EU.
The contract lists two factories in Britain, one in the Netherlands (Halix), one in Belgium. Another one in the United States is listed as a back-up supplier. Currently, only the plant in Belgium, run by Thermo Fisher Scientific, is producing shots for the EU.
The Commission has also started a procedure foreseen under the contract with AstraZeneca that could lead to legal action against the company.
yawn.. why do you brexiteers even care about EU anymore?
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also AstraZeneca failed to deliver to EU in a big way. 70% less than agreed!!! at the same time AZ exported vaccines from EU. i hope EU will take legal action against AZ
She said the company had delivered only 30% of the doses promised in the first quarter of 2021. She also pointed out that although the contract with AstraZeneca had stipulated that the EU would receive vaccines from factories in the EU and Britain, "we have received nothing from the Britons, while we deliver vaccines to them."