"The Brussels Court of First Instance has decided to grant precautionary measures in the proceeding against AstraZeneca by the European Commission and the 27 EU member states. The court orders AstraZeneca to urgently deliver 50 million doses of the vaccine by 27 September 2021. , according to a binding schedule: 15 million doses by July 26; 20 million doses by August 23; 15 million doses by September 27. In case of non-compliance with these delivery terms AstraZeneca will have to pay a penalty of 10 euros per dose not delivered ". A note from the EU Commission reads ".
"AstraZeneca welcomes the judgment of the Court of First Instance in Brussels. The EU Commission had requested 120 million doses of the vaccine by the end of June 2021, and a total of 300 million doses by the end of September. The judge ordered the delivery of 80, 2 million doses by September 27, 2021. To date, the company has supplied over 70 million doses to the EU and will exceed 80.2 million doses by the end of June. All other measures requested by the EU Commission have been rejected, and in in particular, the Court found that it has no exclusivity or right of priority over the other contracting parties ". So a note from AstraZeneca.
