Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161Show full title

Article 33 Uploading of information in the repositories system

1. The marketing authorisation holder or, in case of parallel imported or parallel distributed medicinal products bearing an equivalent unique identifier for the purposes of complying with Article 47a of Directive 2001/83/EC, the person responsible for placing those medicinal products on the market, shall ensure that the information referred to in paragraph 2 is uploaded to the repositories system before the medicinal product is released for sale or distribution by the manufacturer, and that it is kept up to date thereafter.

The information shall be stored in all national or supranational repositories serving the territory of the Member State or Member States where the medicinal product bearing the unique identifier is intended to be placed on the market. The information referred to in paragraphs 2(a) to (d) of this Article, with the exception of the serial number, shall also be stored in the hub.

2. For a medicinal product bearing a unique identifier, at least the following information shall be uploaded to the repositories system:

(a) the data elements of the unique identifier in accordance with Article 4(b);

(b) the coding scheme of the product code;

(c) the name and the common name of the medicinal product, the pharmaceutical form, the strength, the pack type and the pack size of the medicinal product, in accordance with the terminology referred to in Article 25(1)(b) and (e) to (g) of the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012(1);

(d) the Member State or Member States where the medicinal product is intended to be placed on the market;

(e) where applicable, the code identifying the entry corresponding to the medicinal product bearing the unique identifier in the database referred to in Article 57(1)(l) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and the Council(2);

(f) the name and address of the manufacturer placing the safety features;

(g) the name and address of the marketing authorisation holder;

(h) a list of wholesalers who are designated by the marketing authorisation holder, by means of a written contract, to store and distribute the products covered by his marketing authorisation on his behalf.

3. The information referred to in paragraph 2 shall be uploaded to the repositories system either through the hub or through a national or supranational repository.

Where the upload is performed through the hub, the hub shall store a copy of the information referred to in paragraph 2(a) to (d), with the exception of the serial number, and transfer the complete information to all national or supranational repositories serving the territory of the Member State or Member States where the medicinal product bearing the unique identifier is intended to be placed on the market.

Where the upload is performed through a national or supranational repository, that repository shall immediately transfer to the hub a copy of the information referred to in paragraph 2(a) to (d), with the exception of the serial number, using the data format and data exchange specifications defined by the hub.

4. The information referred to in paragraph 2 shall be stored in the repositories where it was originally uploaded for at least one year after the expiry date of the medicinal product or five years after the product has been released for sale or distribution in accordance with Article 51(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC, whichever is the longer period.

(1)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012 of 19 June 2012 on the performance of pharmacovigilance activities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 159, 20.6.2012, p. 5).

(2)

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 (OJ L 136, 30.4.2004, p. 1).