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Article 2 Prohibition of sale, supply and importation of any medicinal product consisting of or containing certain plantsI1

United Kingdom

Subject to article 4 below, the sale, supply and importation of any medicinal product consisting of or containing a plantf1—

(a)

belonging to a species of the genus Aristolochia; or

(b)

belonging to any of the species—

  • Akebia quinata,

  • Akebia trifoliata,

  • Clematis armandii,

  • Clematis montana,

  • Cocculus laurifolius,

  • Cocculus orbiculatus,

  • Cocculus trilobus,

  • Stephania tetrandra,

or consisting of or containing an extract from such a plant, is prohibited.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 2 in force at 1.7.2001, see art. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

“Plant” includes part of a plant; see section 132(1) of the Act.