EU Earlier verdict confirmed by Dutch Appeal Court

[Sophora]

Today, the court in The Hague confirmed the earlier verdict that e-sigs are not to be classified as medicinal.
A slight setback is that this verdict is specific for products imported by UTVG.

For those who read Dutch:
www.rechtspraak.nl/Organisatie/Gerechtsh...ngeneesmiddelen.aspx

(sorry Emonty, had to do it)

 

[Tom09]

Today, the court in The Hague confirmed the earlier verdict that e-sigs are not to be classified as medicinal.
A slight setback is that this verdict is specific for products imported by UTVG. [...]

Woot!

So, that’s the highest court this case could go or is there still a possibility for the health minister for appeal?
I think that, in the US, the Sottera vs. FDA ruling was specific for njoy products. Nonetheless the outcome was general. Would you expect the same for the present Dutch ruling?

 

[Jeann]

first of all:

been reading around, looks like everybody involved are thinking the verdict over. in the netherlands it might end up being genaral too as we have something like equal rights, allthough that may end up being forched by another appeal. also the minister of health seems to try find a way to prove the verdict being wrong so that it can be overrulled...so looks like we may not have seen the end of it yet.

 

[Sophora]

@tom09
I think there's a good change it will be general, since there is something like the equality principle which means that
equals (products) should be treated equal.

@Jeann
True, the MoH still has the next legal step available. They can ask the Court of Cassation (don't know if there is a US equivalent) to
assess whether the proper motivation and legal procedures were followed. This court can not issue a verdict, only validate or nullify
earlier verdicts. In case of a nullification, the whole process will have to be started all over again.
And, as we know Government, they probably will give it a try.

 

[Jeann]

thank you sophora, you explained it much better

yeah, they prolly will, ever since our Goverment is fallen they seem to be working much harder to get things done before the elections in september.