Framework supply contracts for the vaccines and diagnostic reagents
Article 4
1. The Commission may conclude the contracts referred to in Article 3(1) in the form of framework supply contracts with selected manufacturers (‘framework supply contracts’). 2. By way of derogation from Article 3(3), framework supply contracts shall be required to cover at least the release, shipment and delivery of vaccines or diagnostic reagents upon the request of the Commission. 3. Framework supply contracts may cover leasing costs.