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Council Regulation (EU) 2022/2372 of 24 October 2022 on a framework of measures for ensuring the supply of crisis-relevant medical countermeasures in the event of a public health emergency at Union level · European Union

1. Where this measure is activated, the Health Crisis Board shall advise the Commission on the appropriate mechanism to purchase crisis-relevant medical countermeasures and raw materials, either through the activation of existing contracts or the negotiation of new contracts, using available instruments, such as Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2016/369, the joint procurement procedure referred to in Article 12 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2371 , or European Innovation Partnerships, established by Regulation (EU) 2021/695 of the European Parliament and of the Council (13). In particular, the Health Crisis Board shall advise the Commission on the need to use a purchasing mode whereby the Commission acts as a central purchasing body on behalf of Member States, either in conjunction with other available instruments or as an autonomous procurement mode.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.