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12.—(1) This paragraph applies if—
(a)a person (“P”) makes an EPC application to the Society for the purposes of providing occasional pharmacy services (which do not fall within article 7(4) of the Directive) in one or more relevant European States other than the United Kingdom; and
(b)P’s home State is the United Kingdom.
(2) P must submit with the EPC application the documents listed in paragraphs (a) to (c) of Part B of Annex 2 to the Implementing Regulation 2015 (in addition to the information required in accordance with article 4 of the Implementing Regulation 2015 that is relevant to the application).
(3) Within the period of one week beginning with and including the date on which the Society receives the EPC application, the Society must acknowledge receipt of the application and inform P of any missing document.
(4) The Society must within three weeks beginning with and including the date of the relevant day—
(a)consider P’s EPC application, the authenticity and validity of the supporting documents and whether P is qualified as an automatically recognised pharmacist;
(b)decide whether to approve or refuse the application and whether to issue the European professional card; and
(c)transmit its decision (under paragraph (b)) and, if issued, the European professional card, to the competent authority of each host State concerned and, at the same time, inform P of its decision (also see paragraph 6: duty to give reasons and to notify of right of appeal).
(5) Unless its period of validity is extended under paragraph 13, a European professional card issued under this paragraph expires after 18 months beginning with and including the date on which it is issued.
(6) In this paragraph, “the relevant day” means the later of—
(a)the day which falls one week after the day on which the Society receives the EPC application, beginning with and including the day on which the Society receives the EPC application; or
(b)the day on which the last relevant document is received by the Society.
(7) For the purpose of sub-paragraph (6), “relevant document” means—
(a)any previously missing document; or
(b)any document that is requested by the Society in connection with the EPC application before the day described in sub-paragraph (6)(a).]
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