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(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Medicinal products for human use - Directive 2001/83/EC - Article 11 - Generic medicinal products - Summary of product characteristics - Exclusion of references referring to indications or dosage forms still covered by patent law at the time when the generic medicine was marketed)
(2019/C 131/07)
Language of the case: Dutch
Applicant: Staat der Nederlanden
Defendant: Warner-Lambert Company LLC
The second paragraph of Article 11 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use, as amended by Directive 2012/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012, must be interpreted as meaning that, in a marketing authorisation procedure such as that at issue in the main proceedings, communication to the competent national authority by the applicant or holder of a marketing authorisation for a generic medicinal product of the package leaflet or a summary of the product characteristics of that medicinal product which does not include any reference to indications or dosage forms which were still covered by patent law at the time that medicinal product was placed on the market constitutes a request to limit the scope of the marketing authorisation of the generic medicinal product in question.
* Language of the case: Dutch.
(1) OJ C 318, 25.9.2017.