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New EU sample retention rules coming up for veterinary medicines repackaged for parallel trade

Published 13 May 2026 by Christophe Ronse ALTIUS Lawyers, Belgium

The Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation (EU) 2019/6 has applied in the EU since 28 January 2022, replacing Directive 2001/82/EC. The new rules on good manufacturing practice (GMP) will in turn be fleshed out by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2091, which will apply from 16 July 2026. In addition, the European Commission is introducing new GMP requirements concerning the retention of samples for veterinary medicinal products that are repackaged for parallel trade. This blog post briefly examines what these new obligations entail.

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