{"id":648,"date":"2026-09-20T18:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pqra.gr\/authorising-a-veterinary-medicine-in-greece-routes-authority-and-local-practicalities\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T16:17:34","slug":"authorising-a-veterinary-medicine-in-greece-routes-authority-and-local-practicalities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pqra.gr\/el\/authorising-a-veterinary-medicine-in-greece-routes-authority-and-local-practicalities\/","title":{"rendered":"Authorising a Veterinary Medicine in Greece: Routes, Authority and Local Practicalities"},"content":{"rendered":"

Companies bringing a veterinary product into Greece often assume the process mirrors the human medicines pathway they already know. Much of it does. The National Organisation for Medicines, EOF, is the national authority for veterinary as well as human medicinal products, and the EU-level procedures under Regulation (EU) 2019\/6 apply as they do everywhere. But the operational detail differs enough to cost time if it is discovered late.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Who regulates what<\/h2>\n

EOF was established in 1983 under Law 1316 as a public law legal entity, with a mission that covers pharmaceutical products for both human and veterinary use. It is the authority responsible for evaluating applications for marketing authorisation and for granting or refusing them, and it regulates and supervises research, manufacturing, marketing and general handling of these products. Residues of veterinary medicines in food sit with the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, and authorisation for the retail sale of veterinary medicinal products follows its own national route.<\/p>\n

That division is the first thing to map. A question about a product authorisation, a question about residue controls in food of animal origin, and a question about who may retail the product go to different places.<\/p>\n\n

The authorisation routes<\/h2>\n