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Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012Show full title
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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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[F1Article 22U.K.Worksharing for signal management
1.For medicinal products authorised in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC in more than one Member State and for active substances contained in several medicinal products where at least one marketing authorisation has been granted in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC, Member States may agree within the coordination group provided for by Article 27 of Directive 2001/83/EC to appoint a lead Member State and, where appropriate, a co-leader. Any such appointment shall be reviewed at least every four years.
The lead Member State shall monitor the Eudravigilance database and shall validate and confirm signals in accordance with Article 21(3) and (4) on behalf of the other Member States. The Member State appointed as co-leader shall assist the lead Member State in the fulfilment of its tasks.
2.When appointing a lead Member State and as appropriate a co-leader, the coordination group may take into account whether any Member State is acting as reference Member State in accordance with Article 28(1) of Directive 2001/83/EC or as a rapporteur for the assessment of periodic safety update reports in accordance with Article 107e of that Directive.
3.The Agency shall publish on the European medicines web-portal a list of the active substances that are subject to worksharing in accordance with this Article and the lead Member State and co-leader appointed for monitoring those substances in the Eudravigilance database.
4.Without prejudice to paragraph 1, all Member States shall remain responsible for monitoring the data in the Eudravigilance database in accordance with Article 107h(1)(c) and Article 107h(3) of Directive 2001/83/EC.
5.For medicinal products authorised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, the Agency shall be assisted in the monitoring of data in the Eudravigilance database by the rapporteur appointed by the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee in accordance with Article 62(1) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004.]
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F1Regulation revoked in part (31.12.2020) by The Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/775), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 1(t) (subject to transitional provisions in S.I. 2012/1916, Sch. 33A); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
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