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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

5. All participating Member States shall be associated to the procurement process. To that effect, the Commission shall invite participating Member States to nominate representatives to take part in the preparation of the procurement procedures as well as the negotiation of the purchasing agreements. Representatives of participating Member States shall have the status of experts associated to the procurement process, in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Where the Commission intends to conclude a contract containing an obligation to acquire crisis-relevant medical countermeasures, it shall inform the participating Member States of such intention and the detailed terms. The participating Member States shall have the opportunity to express their comments on the draft contracts, that the Commission shall take into consideration. If the opt-out mechanism is applied, participating Member States shall have the right of at least five days to opt out.

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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.