Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/161 Article 11

Verification of the authenticity of the unique identifier

Article 11

When verifying the authenticity of a unique identifier, manufacturers, wholesalers and persons authorised or entitled to supply medicinal products to the public shall check the unique identifier against the unique identifiers stored in the repositories system referred to in Article 31. A unique identifier shall be considered authentic when the repositories system contains an active unique identifier with the product code and serial number that are identical to those of the unique identifier being verified.

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