Regulation C/REG.22/11/10 establishing community procedures for management of veterinary drugs or biologics

This Regulation establishes community procedures for management of veterinary drugs or biologics. The present Regulation shall establish community procedures, for the authorization of surveillance and control of veterinary drugs and biologicals as well as the establishment of a Regional Committee for Veterinary drugs and biologicals for assessment of drugs. The provision of these regulations shall apply to veterinary drugs and biologicals intended to be put on the market, in the form of pharmaceutical products, raw material for veterinary drugs and biologicals as well as medicinal premixes. The present regulation shall not apply to medicinal feed. However, medicinal feed can only be manufactured from medicinal premixes having received an authorization to be put on the market in accordance with Article 10 of this Regulation. The provisions of the current Regulation shall not affect the competences of Member States authorities in the area of control of importation and wholesale distribution establishments, conditions of wholesale distribution and retail sale of veterinary drugs and biologicals which (for streamlining purposes) will be the subject of a Directive. The setup of the centralized process for the marketing of veterinary drug based on scientific criteria of quality safety and efficiently aimed at free circulation and movement of veterinary drug in ECOWAS.