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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8818

30 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade/health
Commission proposes "compulsary licences" to allow generic drugs to be produced for export to DCs - No re-importation to European market

Brussels, 29/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the Commission adopted a proposed regulation aiming to allow European producers of generic drugs to produce patented medicines for export to developing countries with insufficient production capacities. With this regulation, the EU will apply the decision by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) of 30 August 2003, by virtue of which the national authorities may grant "compulsory licences" for this production, if certain conditions are met. One...

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