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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 16th December, 2016. | ||
I, Simon Harris, Minister for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 13 and 32 (as amended by sections 15 and 16 of the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006)) of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (No. 29 of 1995), hereby make the following regulations: | ||
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Health Products Regulatory Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016. | ||
2. In these Regulations— | ||
“Act” means the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (No. 29 of 1995), as amended by s. 197 of the Finance Act 1999 (No. 2 of 1999), Regulation 3 of the European Communities (In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 304 of 2001 ), Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Medical Devices) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 ( S.I. No. 444 of 2001 ), Regulation 3 of the European Communities (Medical Devices) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 576 of 2002 ), the Irish Medicines Board (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (No. 3 of 2006), the European Communities (Amendment of the Medicines Board Act 1995) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 542 of 2007 ) and section 36 of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013 ; | ||
“active substances register” means the register of importers, manufacturers and distributors of active substances maintained by the Authority in pursuance of Regulation 14D (inserted by Regulation 7 of the Medicinal Products (Control of Manufacture) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 163 of 2013 )) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Manufacture) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 539 of 2007 ); | ||
“authorised representative” means a person established within the European Economic Area who, explicitly designated by the manufacturer, acts for the manufacturer and may be addressed by authorities and bodies in the European Economic Area instead of the manufacturer with respect to the European Communities (Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 to 2009, the European Communities (Active Implantable Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 to 2009, or the European Communities (In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices) Regulations 2001 to 2012; | ||
“Authority” means the Health Products Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the Act; | ||
“breeder authorisation” means an authorisation granted to a breeder under Part 6 of the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“broker” means a person carrying out the brokering of medicinal products, as defined in Regulation 4(1) (as amended by Regulation 3 of the Medicinal Products (Control of Wholesale Distribution) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 ( S.I. No. 164 of 2013 )) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Wholesale Distribution) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 538 of 2007); | ||
“brokers register” means the register maintained by the Authority in pursuance of Regulation 14D (inserted by Regulation 6 of the Medicinal Products (Control of Wholesale Distribution) (Amendment) Regulations 2013) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Wholesale Distribution) Regulations 2007; | ||
“certificate of free sale” means a certificate of free sale issued under section 4(1)(k)(ii) of the Act; | ||
“certificate of registration” means a certificate of registration granted pursuant to the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 to 2014; | ||
“certificate of traditional-use registration” means a certificate of traditional-use registration granted pursuant to the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 to 2014 in respect of a traditional herbal medicinal product; | ||
“certification of documents” means the certification, under section 4(1)(k)(ii) of the Act, of documents not being certificates of free sale or export certificates; | ||
“complex dossier” refers to an application accompanied by a full dossier in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“decentralised procedure” means the decentralised procedure for human medicinal products provided for in Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“Directive 2001/83/EC” means Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 20011 , as amended by Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 20032 , Commission Directive 2003/63/EC of 25 June 20033 , Directive 2004/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 20044 , Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 20045 , Regulation (EC) No. 1901/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 20066 , Regulation (EC) No. 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 20077 , Directive 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 20088 , Directive 2009/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 20099 , Commission Directive 2009/120/EC of 14 September 200910 , Directive 2010/84/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 201011 , Directive 2011/62/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 201112 and Directive 2012/26/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 201213 . | ||
“distributor”, in the context of medical devices, means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a medical device available on the market; | ||
“listed organisation” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 4(1) (as amended by Regulation 3 of the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 449 of 2015 )) of the Medicinal Products (Prescription and Control of Supply) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 540 of 2003 ); | ||
“export certificate” means a certificate issued under section 4(1)(k)(ii) of the Act; | ||
“follow-up inspections” means inspections other than routine inspections; | ||
“homeopathic medicinal product” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 3(1) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 540 of 2007 ); | ||
“individual authorisation” means an authorisation granted to an individual under Part 8 of the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“manufacturer”, in the context of medical devices, means— | ||
(a) a person who is responsible for the design, manufacture, packaging and labelling of a medical device before it is placed on the market under his or her own name, regardless of whether these operations are carried out by that person himself or herself or on his or her behalf by a third party, or | ||
(b) a person who assembles, packages, processes, fully refurbishes or labels one or more ready-made products or assigns to them their intended purpose as a medical device with a view to their being placed on the market under his or her own name, but not including a person who assembles or adapts medical devices already on the market to their intended purpose for an individual patient; | ||
“manufacturer’s authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the Medicinal Products (Control of Manufacture) Regulations 2007 to 2013; | ||
“manufacturing site”, in the context of medical devices, means a site where an entity— | ||
(a) manufactures a medical device, | ||
(b) manufactures critical components of a medical device to a set of specifications, | ||
(c) carries out packaging activities in relation to a medical device, or | ||
(d) carries out labelling activities in relation to a medical device; | ||
“marketing authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007 to 2014; | ||
“medical device” means any instrument, apparatus, appliance, software, material or other article, whether used alone or in combination, including the software intended by its manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes and necessary for its proper application, intended by the manufacturer to be used for human beings for the purpose of— | ||
(a) diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, treatment or alleviation of disease, | ||
(b) diagnosis, monitoring, treatment, alleviation of or compensation for an injury or handicap, | ||
(c) investigation, replacement or modification of the anatomy or of a physiological process, or | ||
(d) control of conception, | ||
and which does not achieve its principal intended action in or on the human body by pharmacological, immunological or metabolic means, even if it is assisted in its function by such means, and includes— | ||
(i) an in vitro diagnostic medical device in accordance with the European Communities (In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices) Regulations 2001 to 2012, and | ||
(ii) an active implantable medical device in accordance with the European Communities (Active Implantable Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 to 2009; | ||
“mutual recognition procedure” means the mutual recognition procedure for human medicinal products provided for in Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“national rules scheme” means the national rules governing the granting of marketing authorisation in respect of homeopathic medicinal products, as provided in Regulation 11 of the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007; | ||
“notified body” means, in relation to any task, a body designated and notified in respect of that task in accordance with the European Communities (Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 to 2009, the European Communities (Active Implantable Medical Devices) Regulations 1994 to 2009, or the European Communities (In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Devices) Regulations 2001 to 2012; | ||
“organ establishment authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the European Union (Quality and Safety of Human Organs Intended for Transplantation) Regulations 2012 and 2014; | ||
“parallel import licence” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 3(1) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007; | ||
“project” means a programme of work having a defined scientific objective and involving one or more procedures pursuant to the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“project authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“reduced dossier — complex” refers to an application for a generic medicinal product accompanied by a reduced dossier but containing additional data in circumstances required by Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“reduced dossier — standard” refers to an application for a generic medicinal product accompanied by a reduced dossier in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“service item” means an application for a medicinal product designated by the Authority as qualifying for a reduced application fee on the basis that the product has limited but important uses for which no alternative authorised product exists; | ||
“subsequent extension applications” means applications in relation to additional pharmaceutical forms and strengths of a medicinal product, made subsequent to the first application in relation to that product; | ||
“supplier authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“switching applications” means applications for a change in the classification of medicinal products under Title VI of Directive 2001/83/EC; | ||
“traditional herbal medicinal product” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation 3(1) of the Medicinal Products (Control of Placing on the Market) Regulations 2007; | ||
“type IB variation” and “type II standard variation” shall be classified by the Authority in accordance with Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1234/2008 of 24 November 200814 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 712/2012 of 3 August 201215 ; | ||
“user authorisation” means an authorisation granted to a user pursuant to the European Union (Protection of Animals used for Scientific Purposes) Regulations 2012 to 2016; | ||
“wholesaler’s authorisation” means an authorisation granted pursuant to the Medicinal Products (Control of Wholesale Distribution) Regulations 2007 to 2013. | ||
3. Subject to Regulation 4, there shall be paid to the Authority in respect of each and every matter set out in column 1 of the Schedule the fee as set out in column 2 of the Schedule. | ||
4. The Authority may, in circumstances where it considers it appropriate to do so, waive, remit or refund, either in whole or in part, any fee that would otherwise be payable to it under Regulation 3. | ||
5. The Health Products Regulatory Authority (Fees) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 599 of 2015 ) are revoked. | ||
SCHEDULE | ||
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Fees for applications for marketing authorisations using mutualrecognition procedure and decentralised procedure | ||
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Fees for parallel import licences | ||
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Fees for variations to national marketing authorisations | ||
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Fees for variations to marketing authorisations under mutualrecognition procedure and decentralised procedure | ||
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Fees for the granting of a marketing authorisation on transfer toanother company | ||
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Other fees relating to the granting of marketing authorisations | ||
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Notification to become a listed organisation | ||
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Fees for applications for wholesaler’s authorisations | ||
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Fees for applications for manufacturer’s authorisations | ||
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Fees for applications in relation to brokers register and activesubstances register | ||
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Fees for applications for organ establishment authorisations | ||
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Fees for transferring of authorisation/registration to another company | ||
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Fees for applications in relation to cosmetic products | ||
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Fees for applications in relation to homeopathic medicinal products | ||
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Fees for applications in relation to traditional herbal medicinal products | ||
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Fees for export certificates and certification of documents | ||
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Annual maintenance fees | ||
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Project fees | ||
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Inspection/Audit fees (other than inspections in relation to theprotection of animals used for scientific purposes) | ||
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Enforcement fees | ||
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(Note: Companies classed as both manufacturer and wholesaler are charged the higher of the two applicable charges. Marketing authorisation holders pay the marketing authorisation holder fee in addition to any manufacturer / wholesaler fee.) | ||
Fees in relation to medical devices | ||
Manufacturers and authorised representatives — annual fees | ||
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(Note: Where one organisation has multiple manufacturing sites based in Ireland, the organisation will be charged per manufacturing site to a maximum fee of €60,000.) | ||
Distributors — annual fees | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
6 December 2016. | ||
SIMON HARRIS, | ||
Minister for Health. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal instrument.) | ||
The purpose of these Regulations is to provide for the revision of fees payable to the Health Products Regulatory Authority (formerly the Irish Medicines Board) pursuant to Section 13 of the Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 . | ||
These Regulations revoke the Health Products Regulatory Authority (Fees) Regulations 2015 ( S.I. No. 599 of 2015 ). | ||
These Regulations may be cited as the Health Products Regulatory Authority (Fees) Regulations 2016. | ||
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