The Medicines (Products for Animal Use—Fees) Regulations 1997

4.—(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2) below, where an application for a marketing authorisation or product licence or manufacturer’s or wholesale dealer’s licence is withdrawn before determination by the relevant authority, the following percentage of the fee otherwise payable (under regulation 3) in connection with that application shall be refunded or, if it has not yet been paid, shall be waived—

(a) if the application has been received but no veterinary, scientific or pharmaceutical assessment thereof has begun, 90%;

(b) except in a case to which sub-paragraph (c) below applies, veterinary, scientific or pharmaceutical assessment has begun but not been completed, 50%;

(c) if a request for further information in connection with the application has been made by the licensing authority under section 44(1) of the Act, 25%.

• In the case of sub-paragraph (b) above, where an application has been withdrawn because it is deficient and a 50% refund of the fee has been made by the relevant authority any subsequent reapplication in respect of the same authorisation or licence by the same applicant shall be charged at 50% of the fee otherwise payable under regulation 3.

(2) If an application for a marketing authorisation or product licence is withdrawn either after scientific or veterinary pharmaceutical assessment has been completed or following consideration of that application by a committee established under section 4 of the Act or by the Medicines Commission, no refund or waiver of the fee payable (under regulation 3 of these Regulations) in connection with that application shall be made under this paragraph.