The word based application forms (AF) have been replaced by electronic application forms (eAF), with new possibilities like electronic data import/export, data population within the form, online access to standardised catalogue terms, built in business rule validation, and support for validation of form, etc. Implementation of mandatory use of the eAF is part of the HMA eSubmission roadmap.
The electronic forms and supporting technical documentation are available below.
News
Previous news can be found here.
Essential maintenance to computer applications
The eAF will be impacted by essential maintenance to SPOR data services on between 18:00-19:00hrs on Thursday, 17 May 2018. The eAF will be impacted for the ATC code field (MAA human and vet and the renewal form) and for the areas where Organisations and Locations are used (however manual input of data is allowed for these areas). There is no impact to the Variation application form. All other dropdown menus for controlled terminology will continue to work during this maintenance activity.
15-05-2018
The updated DES documents and XSD files are now available for all 4 forms under the Technical Documents section below. This is in preparation for the scheduled go live of eAF Version 1.23.
13-04-2018
The eAF guidance for how to request new substances and terms has been updated. Please refer to the eAF Term Request Form section below.
07-03-2018
Essential maintenance to computer applications
The eAF will be impacted by essential maintenance to SPOR data services on Saturday, 10 March and Sunday, 11 March 2018. The eAF will be impacted for the ATC code field (MAA human and vet and the renewal form) and for the areas where Organisations and Locations are used (however manual input of data is allowed for these areas). There is no impact to the Variation application form. All other dropdown menus for controlled terminology will continue to work during this maintenance activity.
16-02-2018
New versions of the 4 electronic Application Forms (eAF v. 1.22.0.1) and the related release notes are now available. This new version is a hotfix release v1.22.0.1 of the forms and can be used as of today, 16th February 2018. The version of the form should not be changed during an ongoing procedure.
15-02-2018
As of 15 February 2018 version 1.22 of the four electronic Application Forms (eAFs) are mandatory. Older versions of the forms will no longer be supported.
Forms
Please note that applicants should use Adobe Reader or Adobe Reader DC for locking the forms. Adobe Acrobat or Acrobat Pro DC should not be used for filling and locking the forms as this may cause issues when the locked forms are opened/viewed by the recipient who may be using Adobe Reader/Adobe Reader DC.
Currently accepted version of forms :
Q & A
Multimedia webinars and training
eAF Term Request Form Updated
If you need to request a missing substance in order to complete an eAF, please submit a request for substance insertion with the corresponding SmPC to the EMA Service Desk portal.
If you need to request a new term (e.g. pharmaceutical form or unit of measurement) or a request for an update of an already existing term in order to complete the eAF, please submit a request through the SPOR Portal - http://spor.ema.europa.eu/rmswi/#/ providing as much supporting documentation as possible (e.g. name of the product concerned, SmPC, etc.). Please note you need to be registered with SPOR prior to submission of change requests: https://register.ema.europa.eu/identityiq/login.jsf. The user guide for managing referential and organisation data in eAF is available here.
Technical Documents
The Data Exchange Standards and XML Schema Definitions published here are intended to allow software developers within other organisations to develop systems to process the electronic application form data and build equivalent systems, if required. The EMA will ensure that the latest versions of these documents are published here.
Current version of technical documents:
For technical support, visit the EMA Service Desk portal: https://servicedesk.ema.europa.eu
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