# Council Directive 2005/94/EC of 20 December 2005 on Community measures for the control of avian influenza and repealing Directive 92/40/EEC, Article 59: National vaccine banks

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/94/article/59 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-94/article-59
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