Article 32

1. A person engaging in the activities of the person referred to in Article 29 in a Member State at the time when this Directive is brought into force in that State but not complying with the provisions of Article 31 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 29 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 29, provided that he has previously engaged in the following activities for at least two years before the end of the 10th year following notification of this Directive in one or more undertakings authorized pursuant to Article 24 : production supervision and/or qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of active principles, and the necessary testing and checking under the direct authority of a person as referred to in Article 29 to ensure the quality of veterinary 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 shall be completed by him immediately before he engages in such activities. 3. A person who, at the time this Directive is brought into force, is engaged in direct collaboration with a person referred to in Article 29 in production supervision activities and/or in qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis of active principles, and the testing and checking necessary to ensure the quality of medicinal products may, for a period of five years thereafter, be considered as qualified to take up in that State the duties of the person referred to in Article 29, provided that the 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.