Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2017
United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union
21 November 2017 - The EMA will relocate to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
The EU 27 Member States took this decision on 20 November in the margins of the General Affairs Council (Article 50) of the European CouncilExternal link icon.
The Agency will begin working immediately with the Dutch government to prepare for the move and take up its operations in Amsterdam on 30 March 2019 at the latest.
EMA and the Netherlands will establish a joint governance structure to steer and oversee the relocation project.
In early December 2017, the Agency will publish a monitoring chart on its website that will allow stakeholders to track progress.
