- Most COVID-19 vaccine contracts signed by the European Commission lacked specific provisions to address supply disruptions, and procurement processes could have been more scrutinised, the European Court of Auditors (ECA) found in a new report released Monday (12 September).
- 80% of the EU’s adult population was fully vaccinated, through the delivery of some 952 million doses – the ECA’s auditors found that “that are still lessons to be learned” from the procurement process.
- The guidelines should support the implementation of a proposal for crisis management in the Financial Regulation and a proposal for a Council Regulation on a framework for medical countermeasures at the EU level in the event of a public health emergency.
EU auditors urge Commission to draw lessons from COVID vaccine procurement
