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and coordinated by 

 mentioned that a final confirmation/practical arrangements will 
be concluded at a next Steering Board meeting.  
3.  Q&A on AZ contract 
The objective of the Q&A session was to give MS an opportunity to ask any remaining questions 
on the AZ contract. Clarifications provided at the meeting are noted below.  
Timeline of delivery  
 
 
Post Market monitoring studies  
 
Relationship between APA and the EU Public Procurement Directive  
The Public  Procurement  Directive  2014/24/EC does not apply in the specific case of APA and 
APA does not need to be implemented using provisions of the national procurement law. As it is 
a procurement at  the  EU  level, it is  governed  by the provisions of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 
2018/1046 (the Financial Regulation) and Council Regulation (EU) 2016/369 on the provision of 
emergency support within the Union, as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 2020/521[3] 
(Article 4(5)(b) in particular).  
Declaration of confidentiality and of absence of conflict of interests  
EC  confirmed  that anyone who has access to the  AZ  contract or any other confidential 
information for the purpose of analysis and decision making process would  need to sign the 
declaration of confidentiality and of absence of conflict of interests. 
Action: EC to circulate the updated declaration of confidentiality and of absence of conflict of 
interests. (done post meeting
Minimum number of doses 
MS have to buy all doses allocated pro rata or opt out from receiving all of them. The pro rata 
national allocation cannot be reduced  or split into smaller “packages”,  however, 
 
 MS can buy additional doses if they wish to do so.   
5 days opt-out vs National Holidays  
Public holidays declared in the EU register will be taken into account and the period for deciding 
the opt-out will be extended accordingly