Article 24

1. A person engaging in the activities of the person referred to in Article 21 in a Member State at the time when this Directive is brought into force in that State but without complying with the provisions of Article 23 shall be eligible to continue to engage in those activities in the State concerned. 2. The holder of a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications awarded on completion of a university course - or a course recognized as equivalent by the Member State concerned - in a scientific discipline allowing him to engage in the activities of the person referred to in Article 21 in accordance with the laws of that State may - if he began his course prior to the notification of this Directive - be considered as qualified to carry out in that State the duties of the person referred to in Article 21 provided that he has previously engaged in the following activities for at least two years before the end of the tenth year following notification of this Directive in one or more undertakings authorized pursuant to Article 16 : production supervision and/or qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of active substances, and the necessary testing and checking under the direct authority of the person referred to in Article 21 to ensure the quality of the proprietary medicinal products. If the person concerned has acquired the practical experience referred to in the first subparagraph more than 10 years prior to the notification of this Directive, a further one year's practical experience in accordance with the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph will be required to be completed immediately before he engages in such activities. 3. A person who, at the time when this Directive is brought into force, is engaged in direct collaboration with a person referred to in Article 21 in production supervision activities and/or in qualitative and quantitative analysis of active substances and the testing and checking necessary to ensure the quality of proprietary medicinal products may, for a period of five years after this Directive has been brought into force, be considered as qualified to take up in that State the duties of the person referred to in Article 21 provided that that Member State ensures that the person shows evidence of adequate theoretical and practical knowledge and has engaged in the activities mentioned for at least five years.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-06 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.