{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-6/article-39",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-6/article-39.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/6",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001/82/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-6",
  "path": "article/39",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "39",
  "heading": "Periods of the protection of technical documentation",
  "text": "1. The period of the protection of technical documentation shall be:\n(a) 10 years for veterinary medicinal products for cattle, sheep for meat production, pigs, chickens, dogs and cats;\n(b) 14 years for antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products for cattle, sheep for meat production, pigs, chickens, dogs and cats containing an antimicrobial active substance which has not been an active substance in a veterinary medicinal product authorised within the Union on the date of the submission of the application;\n(c) 18 years for veterinary medicinal products for bees;\n(d) 14 years for veterinary medicinal products for animal species other than those referred to in points (a) and (c).\n2. The protection of technical documentation shall apply from the day when the marketing authorisation for the veterinary medicinal product was granted in accordance with Article 5(1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/6/article/39",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:40.425754+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."
}