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Find out how to obtain a permit to ship pharmacy-only drugs and what requirements you must meet.

For the granting of a permit to ship pharmacy-only drugs according to § 11a Pharmacy Act (ApoG), please submit a written, informal application.

This application must be submitted to the competent authority together with the necessary documents.

• Informal, written request
• Required documents result from § 11a Pharmacy Act (ApoG)

  For more details on the type and scope of the documents, please refer to the leaflet "Application for permission to ship pharmacy-only drugs".

• Room details

  If space outside the approved pharmacy premises is to be used for mail order operations: Details of the size, nature, furnishings, and function of the additional business premises, submitting floor plans to scale and the lease agreement.

• Applicant is the owner of a public pharmacy
• Dispatch may only be made from a public pharmacy, in addition to the usual
• pharmacy operation
• The legal requirements for pharmacy operations apply
• A quality assurance system for the shipping operation must be in place

• You submit your written application for a mail order permit and all required documents to the competent authority.
• The authority may request additional documents.
• The mail order permit is to be issued when the competent authority determines that the legal requirements have been met.

• All drug retailers operating a web store must be entered in a central register at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).
• The BfArM maintains a mail-order pharmacy register in which all German pharmacies with a mail-order authorization are listed. The BfArM issues a safety logo to these retailers, which the providers can also display on their homepage. Consumers can view the mail-order pharmacy register on the BfArM website.
• For more information, please refer to the links "Registered drug distributors" and "Mail-order register".