{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-83/article-89",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-83/article-89.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2001/83",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-83",
  "path": "article/89",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "89",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 88, all advertising to the general public of a medicinal product shall:\n(a) be set out in such a way that it is clear that the message is an advertisement and that the product is clearly identified as a medicinal product;\n(b) include the following minimum information:\nthe name of the medicinal product, as well as the common name if the medicinal product contains only one active substance,\nthe information necessary for correct use of the medicinal product,\nan express, legible invitation to read carefully the instructions on the package leaflet or on the outer packaging, as the case may be.\n2. Member States may decide that the advertising of a medicinal product to the general public may, notwithstanding paragraph 1, include only the name of the medicinal product or its international non-proprietary name, where this exists, or the trademark if it is intended solely as a reminder.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2004/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 amending Directive 2001/83/EC on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/83/article/89",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:59.083752+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}