March 6, 2021

EU-British:Relations: Breton: No AstraZeneca jabs exported from the Netherlands after EU export controls - by illian Deutsch

AstraZeneca subcontractor Halix has not sent any Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine doses to the U.K. after the EU implemented export controls, Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton said Wednesday.

In January, the Commission introduced new export controls requiring companies to get authorization from national authorities to export vaccines outside the bloc.

Since then, "everything has stayed in the EU," Breton said, adding that AstraZeneca hasn't requested to send vaccines abroad since the authorization scheme.

Read more: Breton: No AstraZeneca jabs exported from the Netherlands after EU export controls – POLITICO