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Article 22Decommissioning of unique identifiers by wholesalers#
A wholesaler shall verify the authenticity of and decommission the unique identifier of the following medicinal products:
(a)products which he intends to distribute outside of the Union;
(b)products which have been returned to him by persons authorised or entitled to supply medicinal products to the public or another wholesaler and cannot be returned to saleable stock;
(c)products which are intended for destruction;
(d)products which, while in his physical possession, are requested as a sample by competent authorities;
(e)products which he intends to distribute to the persons or institutions referred to in Article 23, where required by national legislation in accordance with the same Article.
By way of derogation from point (a), until 31 December 2024, the obligation to decommission the unique identifier of medicinal products which the wholesaler intends to distribute outside of the Union shall not apply to medicinal products manufactured and labelled for the United Kingdom market or for the United Kingdom market and the markets of Cyprus, Ireland or Malta, which he intends to distribute in the United Kingdom.
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