CHAPTER IX

Final provisions

Data protection
Article 39
This Regulation shall apply without prejudice to the obligations of national competent authorities and marketing authorisation holders relating to their processing of personal data under Directive 95/46/EC or the obligations of the Agency relating to its processing of personal data under Regulation (EC) No 45/2001.

Transitional provisions
Article 40
1
The obligation on the part of marketing authorisation holders, national competent authorities and the Agency to use the terminology provided for in points (c) to (g) of Article 25 shall apply from 1 July 2016.
2
Article 26(2) shall apply from 1 July 2016.
3
The obligation on the part of the marketing authorisation holder to comply with the format and content as provided for in Articles 29 to 38 shall apply from 10 January 2013.

Entry into force and application
Article 41
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
It shall apply from 10 July 2012.
Regulation 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)