Where, following the establishment of a new Community herbal monograph, the revision of an existing monograph or the revision of the list drawn up by the European Commission in application of Article 16f of Directive 2001/83/EC, a herbal medicinal product which is the subject of a marketing authorisation now falls wholly or partly under the registration system, the holder sends the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, within sixty days of the publication of the monograph, revised monograph or revised list, an application for the change of system, accompanied by the particulars or elements of the dossier relating to this change. On expiry of a period of sixty days from the date of the application, silence on the part of the Director of the Agency will be deemed to constitute acceptance of the application.
The same provisions apply in cases where a registered herbal medicinal product is now subject, in whole or in part, to the marketing authorisation system.
Where the change of system is partial, the medicinal product covered by a marketing authorisation and that covered by a registration must have different names, chosen in such a way as to avoid any confusion between them.