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Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 120Advertising of veterinary medicinal products subject to veterinary prescription
1.The advertising of veterinary medicinal products that are subject to veterinary prescription in accordance with Article 34 shall be allowed only when made exclusively to the following persons:
(a)veterinarians;
(b)persons permitted to supply veterinary medicinal products in accordance with national law.
2.By way of derogation from paragraph 1 of this Article, advertising of veterinary medicinal products that are subject to veterinary prescription in accordance with Article 34 to professional keepers of animals may be permitted by the Member State provided the following conditions are met:
(a)the advertising is limited to immunological veterinary medicinal products;
(b)the advertising includes an express invitation to the professional keepers of animal to consult the veterinarian about the immunological veterinary medicinal product.
3.Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, the advertising of inactivated immunological veterinary medicinal products which are manufactured from pathogens and antigens obtained from an animal or animals in an epidemiological unit and used for the treatment of that animal or those animals in the same epidemiological unit or for the treatment of an animal or animals in a unit having a confirmed epidemiological link shall be prohibited.
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