{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-520/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-520/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/520",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 520/2012 of 19 June 2012 on the performance of pharmacovigilance activities provided for in Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-520",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Structure of the pharmacovigilance system master file",
  "text": "1. The information in the pharmacovigilance system master file shall be accurate and reflect the pharmacovigilance system in place.\n2. The marketing authorisation holder may, where appropriate, use separate pharmacovigilance systems for different categories of medicinal products. Each such system shall be described in a separate pharmacovigilance system master file.\nAll medicinal products for which the marketing authorisation holder obtained a marketing authorisation in accordance with Directive 2001/83/EC or Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 shall be covered by a pharmacovigilance system master file.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulation revoked in part (31.12.2020) by The Human Medicines (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/775), reg. 1, Sch. 9 para. 1(t) (subject to transitional provisions in S.I. 2012/1916, Sch. 33A); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/520/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:23.286977+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."
}