CHAPTER IX

VACCINATION
SECTION 4

Vaccine banks

Community vaccine bank
Article 58
1
A Community vaccine bank for the storage of Community reserves of avian influenza vaccines authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/82/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 may be established in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(2).
2
Member States shall have access to the Community vaccine bank on request to the Commission.
3
Where it is in the interest of the Community, the Commission may supply vaccines to third countries.
Without prejudice to agreements concluded between the Community and third countries, the access of third countries to the Community vaccine bank shall be authorised in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 64(3), subject to detailed arrangements between the Commission and the third country concerned on the financial and technical cooperation to be adopted in accordance with that procedure.

National vaccine banks
Article 59
1
Member States may, within the framework of the contingency plan provided for in Article 62, establish or maintain a national vaccine bank for storage of reserves of avian influenza vaccines authorised in accordance with Article 5 to Article 15 of Directive 2001/82/EC, to be used for emergency or preventive vaccination.
2
Member States maintaining a national vaccine bank shall inform the Commission of the quantities and types of the stored vaccines.