23The first point to note is that notwithstanding the Treaty rules on the free movement of goods no medicinal product may be placed on the market in a Member State unless a marketing authorisation has been issued in accordance with the Directive by the competent authority of that State. An application for a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product submitted by the person responsible for placing it on the market must contain the information and be accompanied by the documents listed in Article 4 of the Directive even where the medicinal product concerned is already the subject of an authorisation issued by the competent authority of another Member State.
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