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IP/N/1/GBR/E/18  
 
8 March 2021  
(21-1874) Page: 1/2 
Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF LAWS AND REGULATIONS  
UNDER ARTICLE 63.2 OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
UNITED KINGDOM : THE MEDICINES (TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS  
FOR HUMAN USE) REGULATIONS 2005  
Notifying Member  UNITED KINGDOM  
 
Details of the notified legal text  
 
Title The Medicines (Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products for Human Use) 
Regulations 2005  
Subject matter  Enforcement  
Nature of 
notification  [  ] Main dedicated intellectual property law or regulation  
[X] Other law or regulation  
Link to legal text* https://ip -documents.info/2021/IP/GBR/21_1465_00_e.pdf  
Notification status  [X] First notification  
[  ] Amendment or revision to notified legal text  
[  ] Replacement or consolidation of notified legal text(s)  
Previous 
notification(s) 
referred to  Not applicable  
Brief description of the notified legal text  
 
These Regulations transpose into UK legislation Directive 2004/24/EC. Directive 2004/24/EC amends 
the principal Directive regulating the marketing of medicinal products in the European Community 
(Directive 2001/83/EC) to introduce a requirement for each EU  Member State to establish a 
registration scheme for manufactured traditional herbal medicinal products.  
 
Language(s) of 
notified legal text English  
Entry into force  30 October 2005 
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2750/regulation/1/made  
Other date    
 
Notification details  
 
Submission date 
of notification  8 February 2021  IP/N/1/GBR/145 • IP/N/1/GBR/E/18  
 
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  Other information  https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2750/note/made  
 
Agency or 
authority 
responsible  UK Intellectual Property Office  
 
Concept House  
Cardiff Road  
Newport  
South Wales  
NP10 8QQ  
United Kingdom  
 
information@ipo.gov.uk  
 
0300 300 2000  
 
Outside the UK:  
+44 (0)1633 814000  
 
 
 
* Links are provided to texts of laws and regulations notified under the TRIPS Agreement in the form 
supplied by the Member concerned; the WTO Secretariat does not endorse or revise their content.  