The digital security system for medicinal products in Austria will go into the operational phase on February 9, 2026.
This marks the end of the start phase operations. From this date onwards, the legal requirements for the serialization and verification of prescription-only medicinal products will apply in full.
All verifying and dispensing entities are required to perform all verification, decommission, and re-commission actions in accordance with the applicable legal and contractual requirements.
The goal is to ensure the secure, stable, and legally compliant operation of the system.
A package may only be dispensed once an alarm has been clarified and an appropriate corrective measure has been implemented.
From February 9th 2019 until including February 8th 2020 a stabilisation period of 12 months took place to guarantee a smooth start and the security of supply with medicinal products. During this time period all people and organisations involved had the opportunity to obtain and to correct possible process or application errors as well as to stabilise the newly implemented processes. Details regarding the stabilisation period can be found in the information document on the stabilisation period.