# COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1662/2005

of 11 October 2005

amending Annex I of Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain key medicines

## Preamble

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 of 26 May 2003 to avoid trade diversion into the European Union of certain key medicines [^1] , and in particular Article 4(4) and (8) thereof,

Whereas:

**(1)** The Commission has received modified applications under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 with respect to *Epivir 150 mg × 60* and *Combivir 300/150 mg × 60* .

**(2)** The Commission has determined that the applications received fulfil the requirements set out in Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 5(2) of that Regulation.

**(3)** The applicants have been informed of the Commission decision to accept their applications.

**(4)** It is therefore necessary to replace Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 953/2003,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

## **Article 1**

Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 953/2003 is replaced by the Annex to this Regulation.

## **Article 2**

This regulation enters into force on the day following its publication in the *Official Journal of the European Union* .

## Final provisions

It shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 11 October 2005. *For the Commission* Peter MANDELSON *Member of the Commission*

[^1] [OJ L 135, 3.6.2003, p. 5](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2003_135_R_TOC) . Regulation as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1876/2004 ( [OJ L 326, 29.10.2004, p. 22](http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2004_326_R_TOC) ).

Product Manufacturer/exporter Country of destination Distinctive features Date of approval CN/TARIC code [^1] ‘TRIZIVIR 750 mg × 60 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom Afghanistan Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire Djibouti DR Congo East Timor Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Kenya Kiribati Korea (Dem Rep) Kyrgyz Republic Lao People’s DR Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Maldives Mali Mauritania Moldova Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Pakistan Rwanda Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tajikistan Tanzania Togo Tuvalu Uganda Vanuatu Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Distinctive access pack — tri-lingual text 19.4.2004 3004 90 19 EPIVIR 150 mg × 60 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom Distinctive access pack — tri-lingual text — red tablets 3004 90 19 RETROVIR 250 mg × 40 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom General export pack (blue) not used in EU. French hospital pack — Francophone markets 19.4.2004 3004 90 19 RETROVIR 300 mg × 60 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom General export pack (blue) not used in EU. French hospital pack — Francophone markets 19.4.2004 3004 90 19 RETROVIR 100 mg × 100 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom General export pack (blue) not used in EU. French hospital pack — Francophone markets 19.4.2004 3004 90 19 COMBIVIR 300/150 mg × 60 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom Distinctive access pack — tri-lingual text Bottle (rather than blister pack) “A22” embossed red tablets 3004 90 19 EPIVIR ORAL SOLUTION 10 mg/ml 240 ml GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom Distinctive access pack — tri-lingual text 19.4.2004 3004 90 19 ZIAGEN 300 mg × 60 GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom General export pack — not used in EU. French hospital pack — Francophone countries 20.9.2004 3004 90 19 RETROVIR ORAL SOLUTION 10 mg/ml 200 ml GLAXO SMITH KLINE GSK House 980 Great West Road BRENTFORD, MIDDX TW8 9GS United Kingdom Distinctive access pack Tri-lingual text 20.9.2004 3004 90 19

[^1] Only if applicable.’

[^1]: Only if applicable.’