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Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Medicines Agency (Text with EEA relevance)
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TITLE II AUTHORISATION AND SUPERVISION OF MEDICINAL PRODUCTS FOR HUMAN USE
Chapter 1 Submission and examination of applications — Authorisations
Article 5.(1) A Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use is...
Article 6.(1) Each application for the authorisation of a medicinal product...
Article 7.In order to prepare its opinion, the Committee for Medicinal...
Article 8.(1) Upon receipt of a written request from the Committee...
Article 9.(1) The Agency shall forthwith inform the applicant if the...
Article 10.(1) Within 15 days after receipt of the opinion referred...
Article 11.If an applicant withdraws an application for a marketing authorisation...
Article 12.(1) The marketing authorisation shall be refused if, after verification...
Article 13.(1) Without prejudice to Article 4(4) of Directive 2001/83/EC, a...
Article 14.(1) Without prejudice to paragraphs 4, 5 and 7 a...
Article 15.The granting of authorisation shall not affect the civil or...
Chapter 2 Supervision and penalties
Article 16.(1) After an authorisation has been granted in accordance with...
Article 17.The applicant or the holder of a marketing authorisation shall...
Article 18.(1) In the case of medicinal products for human use...
Article 19.(1) The supervisory authorities shall be responsible for verifying on...
Article 20.(1) Where the supervisory authorities or the competent authorities of...
Article 21.For the purposes of this Chapter, Article 106(2) of Directive...
Article 22.The Agency, acting in close cooperation with the national pharmacovigilance...
Article 23.The holder of an authorisation for a medicinal product for...
Article 24.(1) The holder of the marketing authorisation for a medicinal...
Article 25.Each Member State shall ensure that all suspected serious adverse...
Article 26.The Commission, in consultation with the Agency, Member States and...
Article 27.The Agency shall collaborate with the World Health Organisation in...
Article 28.The Agency and Member States' competent authorities shall cooperate to...
Article 29.Any amendment which may be necessary to update the provisions...
TITLE III AUTHORISATION AND SUPERVISION OF VETERINARY MEDICINAL PRODUCTS
Chapter 1 Submission and examination of applications — Authorisations
Article 30.(1) A Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use is...
Article 31.(1) Each application for the authorisation of a medicinal product...
Article 32.(1) In order to prepare its opinion, the Committee for...
Article 33.(1) Upon receipt of a written request from the Committee...
Article 34.(1) The Agency shall forthwith inform the applicant if the...
Article 35.(1) Within 15 days after receipt of the opinion referred...
Article 36.If an applicant withdraws an application for a marketing authorisation...
Article 37.(1) The marketing authorisation shall be refused if, after verification...
Article 38.(1) Without prejudice to Article 71 of Directive 2001/82/EC, a...
Article 39.(1) Without prejudice to paragraphs 4 and 5, a marketing...
Article 40.The granting of authorisation shall not affect the civil or...
Chapter 2 Supervision and sanctions
Article 41.(1) After an authorisation has been granted in accordance with...
Article 42.The applicant or the holder of a marketing authorisation shall...
Article 43.(1) In the case of veterinary medicinal products manufactured within...
Article 44.(1) The supervisory authorities shall be responsible for verifying on...
Article 45.(1) Where the supervisory authorities or the competent authorities of...
Article 46.For the purpose of this Chapter, Article 77(2) of Directive...
Article 47.The Agency, acting in close cooperation with the national pharmacovigilance...
Article 48.The holder of the marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal...
Article 49.(1) The holder of the marketing authorisation for a veterinary...
Article 50.Each Member State shall ensure that all suspected serious adverse...
Article 51.The Commission, in consultation with the Agency, Member States and...
Article 52.The Agency shall cooperate with international organisations concerned with veterinary...
Article 53.The Agency and the Member States' competent authorities shall cooperate...
Article 54.Any amendment which may be necessary to update the provisions...
TITLE IV THE EUROPEAN MEDICINES AGENCY — RESPONSIBILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE
Article 55.A European Medicines Agency is hereby established. The Agency shall...
Article 56.(1) The Agency shall comprise: (a) the Committee for Medicinal...
Article 57.(1) The Agency shall provide the Member States and the...
Article 58.(1) The Agency may give a scientific opinion, in the...
Article 59.(1) The Agency shall take care to ensure early identification...
Article 60.At the request of the Commission, the Agency shall, in...
Article 61.(1) Each Member State shall, after consultation of the Management...
Article 62.(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation,...
Article 63.(1) The membership of the committees referred to in Article...
Article 64.(1) The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Management...
Article 65.(1) The Management Board shall consist of one representative of...
Article 66.The Management Board shall: adopt an opinion on the rules...
Chapter 3 General Provisions governing the Agency
Article 71.The Agency shall have legal personality. In all Member States...
Article 72.(1) The contractual liability of the Agency shall be governed...
Article 73.Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the...
Article 73a.Decisions taken by the Agency under Regulation (EC) No 1901/2006...
Article 74.The Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European...
Article 75.The staff of the Agency shall be subject to the...
Article 76.Members of the Management Board, members of the committees referred...
Article 77.The Commission may, in agreement with the Management Board and...
Article 78.(1) The Management Board shall, in agreement with the Commission,...
Article 79.The Management Board shall, in the case of veterinary medicinal...
Article 80.To ensure an appropriate level of transparency, the Management Board,...
TITLE V GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 81.(1) All decisions to grant, refuse, vary, suspend, withdraw or...
Article 82.(1) Only one authorisation may be granted to an applicant...
Article 83.(1) By way of exemption from Article 6 of Directive...
Article 84.(1) Without prejudice to the Protocol on the Privileges and...
Article 85.This Regulation shall not affect the competences vested in the...
Article 86.At least every ten years, the Commission shall publish a...
Article 87.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee...
Article 88.Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93/EC is hereby repealed. References to the repealed...
Article 89.The periods of protection provided for in Articles 14(11) and...
Article 90.This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day...
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