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Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on clinical trials on medicinal products for human use, and repealing Directive 2001/20/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.Directive 2001/20/EC is repealed as from the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 99.
2.References to Directive 2001/20/EC shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table laid down in Annex VII.
Five years after the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 99, and every five years thereafter, the Commission shall present a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the application of this Regulation. That report shall include an assessment of the impact that the Regulation has had on scientific and technological progress, comprehensive information on the different types of clinical trials authorised pursuant to this Regulation, and the measures required in order to maintain the competitiveness of European clinical research. The Commission shall, if appropriate, present a legislative proposal based on that report in order to update the provisions set out in this Regulation.
1.By way of derogation from Article 96(1) of this Regulation, where the request for authorisation of a clinical trial has been submitted before the date referred to in the second paragraph of Article 99 of this Regulation pursuant to Directive 2001/20/EC, that clinical trial shall continue to be governed by that Directive until three years from that date.
2.By way of derogation from Article 96(1) of this Regulation, where the request for authorisation of a clinical trial is submitted between six months after the date of publication of the notice referred to in Article 82(3) of this Regulation and 18 months after the date of publication of that notice, or, if the publication of that notice occurs earlier than 28 November 2015, where that request is submitted between 28 May 2016 and 28 May 2017, that clinical trial may be started in accordance with Articles 6, 7 and 9 of Directive 2001/20/EC. That clinical trial shall continue to be governed by that Directive until 42 months after the date of publication of the notice referred to in Article 82(3) of this Regulation, or, if that publication occurs earlier than 28 November 2015, until 28 May 2019.
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 as from six months after the publication of the notice referred to in Article 82(3), but in any event no earlier than 28 May 2016.
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