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Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 Article 2

Article 2

Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) "medicinal product" means a medicinal product for human use, as defined in Article 2 of Directive 65/65/EEC; (b) "orphan medicinal product" means a medicinal product designated as such under the terms and conditions of this Regulation; (c) "sponsor" means any legal or natural person, established in the Community, seeking to obtain or having obtained the designation of a medicinal product as an orphan medicinal product; (d) "Agency" means the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products.

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