The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Minerva Melpomeni MALLIORI (PES, Greece) making some amendments to the commission's proposal. (Please see the document dated 23/04/03.) In addition:
- the national competent authority must send receipt of the application to the applicant within 14 days of its receipt;
- the time limit for supplementary particulars must not exceed 12 months;
- authorisations are renewable on application to the Commission;
- if no decision is taken on the renewal of an authorisation until one month before its expiry date, the period of authorisation of the product will automatically be extended by 6 months.�