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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8016

28 July 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/medicines
Belgium facilitates parallel imports

Brussels, 27/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the European Commission decided to classify an infringement proceeding against Belgium, country whose legislation and administrative practices rendered very difficult parallel imports of pharmaceutical products for human use. Indeed, a new regulation (Royal Decree of 19 April 2001) now facilitates these imports of medicines by introducing a simplified procedure leading to a rapid decision within reasonable time following the request. The...

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