Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/997 of 23 May 2023 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 establishing a list of variations not requiring assessment in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/997of 23 May 2023amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 establishing a list of variations not requiring assessment in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/ECOJ L 4, 7.1.2019, p. 43., and in particular Article 60(1) thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 of 8 January 2021 establishing a list of variations not requiring assessment in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 7, 11.1.2021, p. 22). sets out a list of variations not requiring assessment.(2)The European Medicines Agency ("the Agency") and the Coordination Group on Veterinary Medicinal Products ("CMDv") advised the Commission, on 20 December 2022, to amend points B.12 and B.24 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 to reflect new developments. Both the Agency and the CMDv received requests for classification of three changes to the terms of a marketing authorisation not listed in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 that had not arisen before as variations not requiring assessment. These changes concern production equipment or processes related to production equipment, and changes in relation to the manufacturer responsible for batch release.(3)The Commission took into account the advice of the Agency and the CMDv, the criteria listed in Article 60(2) of Regulation (EU) 2019/6, as well as all necessary conditions and the most current documentation requirements, to ensure that the new variations not requiring assessment do not present a risk to public health, animal health or the environment.(4)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/17 should therefore be amended accordingly to include these new types of variations currently not listed in the Annex to that Implementing Regulation.(5)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Veterinary Medicinal Products,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: