# Regulation (EC) No 469/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 concerning the supplementary protection certificate for medicinal products (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance), Article 3: Conditions for obtaining a certificate

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where an application is submitted under Article 7, a certificate shall be granted if, at the date of submission of that application—
(a)the product is protected by a basic patent in force;
(b)there is a valid UK, GB or NI authorisation to place the product on the market;
(c)the product has not already been the subject of a certificate;
(d)the authorisation referred to in point (b) is the first UK, GB or NI authorisation to place the product on the market as a medicinal product in the territory of the United Kingdom, the territory of England and Wales and Scotland or the territory of Northern Ireland as the case may be.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/469/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-469/article-3
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