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ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.99.519
15 October 1999
(99-4419)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):   Belgium
2.Agency responsible:
Ministry of Social Affairs, Public Health and the Environment
Inspectorate of Pharmaceutical Products
Cité administrative de l'état
Quartier VesaleBoulevard Pachéo 19/5
B-1010 Brussels
Telephone:  +32 2 210 4921
Fax:  +32 2 210 48 80
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [    ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   Drugs which are
imported and distributed on a parallel basis in Belgium from another Member State or a
signatory State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Royal Decree
on Parallel Import and Distribution of Drugs for Human Use
6. Description of content:   The draft regulation aims to:
- Impose conditions to regulate the parallel import and distribution of drugs
for human use in Belgium;
- determine the procedure for obtaining a parallel import licence.
Key words:  parallel import, parallel distribution, parallel import licence, marketing
licence, licence for wholesale trading and/or manufacture of drugs.
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
Considering that the European Community and the European Economic Area only
regulate certain aspects of the parallel import and distribution of drugs, through European
Court of Justice rulings and Commission notifications, supplementary rules governing
parallel import and distribution must be established for the protection of public health.G/TBT/Notif.99.519
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8. Relevant documents:           
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: }60 days
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax
number of the other body:   CIBELNOR