Decentralised recognition procedure 2020

14 April 2021

Under the decentralised procedure (DCP), it is possible to apply for authorisation in several EU (EEA) countries simultaneously. Unlike the mutual recognition procedure, this procedure does not require authorisation in an EU (EEA) country beforehand. The reference member state (RMS) is responsible for completion of the decentralised procedure and the scientific assessment of the application.

Status for 2020 up to and including 4rd quarter

Denmark has initiated 67 human DCP procedures and 0 veterinary DCP procedure, which is respectively 7 % and 0 % of all assigned DCP procedures in 2019.

Figure 1: Amount of initiated DCP procedures

Figure 2: Share of initiated human DCP procedures 

Table 1: Amount of initiated human DCP procedures

Number of human DCP procedures

2019

2020

Initiated procedures with DK as RMS

Total amount of procedures

Initiated procedures with DK as RMS  Total amount of procedures 

1st quarter

16

242

15 224

2nd quarter

33

275

20 287

3rd quarter

19

294

24 246

4th quarter

15

229

8 234 

Total

82

1040

67 991

Figure 3: Share of initiated veterinary DCP procedures

Table 2: Amount of initiated veterinary DCP procedures

Number of veterinary DCP procedures

2019

2020

Initiated procedures with DK as RMS

Total amount of procedures

Initiated procedures with DK as RMS
Total amount of procedures

1st quarter

0

26

0 15

2nd quarter

0

13

0 18

3rd quarter

1

21

0 20

4th quarter

1

35

0 15

Total

2

97

68