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Disclaimer
The European Medicines Agency maintains this website to enhance public access to information on its activities. EMA's goal is to keep this information and material timely and accurate. If errors are brought to its attention, EMA will try to correct them.
However, EMA accepts no responsibility or liability whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any direct or consequential loss or damage that might occur to you and/or any other third party) arising out of, or in connection with, the information on this site, including information relating to the documents it publishes.
In particular, EMA is indemnified from and against all costs, proceedings, claims, expenses and liabilities whatsoever arising from any breach by any legal or natural person as a result of any representation or warranty providing to be a misrepresentation.
The information EMA provides is:
- of a general nature only and is not intended to address the specific circumstances of any particular individual or entity;
- not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date;
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- not professional or legal advice.
Please note that it cannot be guaranteed that a document available online reproduces an officially adopted text precisely. Thus, in case of disagreement, the official adopted text will always prevail.
It is EMA's goal to minimise disruption caused by technical errors. However, some data or information on the website may have been created or structured in files or formats that are not error-free. EMA cannot guarantee that its service will not be interrupted or otherwise affected by such problems. EMA accepts no responsibility whatsoever with regard to such problems incurred as a result of using this website.
This disclaimer is not intended to limit the liability of EMA in contravention of any requirements laid down in applicable national law nor to exclude its liability for matters which may not be excluded under that law.
European Medicines Agency copyright and limited reproduction notices
The contents of these webpages are © EMA [1995-2025].
In particular, unless otherwise stated or unless indicated by EMA following the required consultation set out below, EMA is the owner of copyright and other intellectual property rights for documents and other content published on this website. This is according to current European Union and international legislation.
Information and documents made available on EMA's webpages are public and may be reproduced and / or distributed, totally or in part, irrespective of the means and / or the formats used, for non-commercial and commercial purposes, provided that EMA is always acknowledged as the source of the material. Such acknowledgement must be included in each copy of the material.
Citations may be made from such material without prior permission, provided the source is always acknowledged.
The above-mentioned permissions do not apply to content supplied by third parties. Therefore, for documents where the copyright vests in a third party, permission for reproduction must be obtained from this copyright holder.
The above-mentioned permissions also do not apply to photos or other materials that are not under the copyright of EMA. For any use or reproduction of such photos or other materials, you may need to seek permission directly from the respective rightsholders.
Please note that you should consult EMA to enquire whether specific photos or other materials are under our copyright.
EMA is not responsible or liable for any violation of intellectual property rights or licensing terms committed by third parties.
For more information on relevant legislation:
- Directive 2001/29/EC of the Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
- Berne convention for the protection of literary and artistic works as revised in 1971
- World Trade Organization trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS agreement) signed on April 1994
- World Intellectual Property Organization copyright treaty of 1996
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