Veterinary medicinal products of the URA category may be sold online. However, they may only be sold with a veterinary prescription and only by sellers for whom it is stated in the Internet trade in veterinary medicinal products register that they are allowed to sell veterinary medicines of the category URA.
As such, you will need a prescription from your veterinarian to be able to order this category of veterinary medicinal products.
You will only receive the veterinary medicine after the seller has received the prescription you submitted. A prescription is intended for one-off use only. You should not use the same prescription to purchase from multiple web shops or use the same prescription to order veterinary medicinal products at different times. Veterinary medicinal products of the URA category may only be offered in the Netherlands.
Veterinary medicinal products of the categories UDA or UDD may not be sold online directly to animal owners. Not even when a prescription is requested or if prior registration or login must take place before the veterinary medicinal product can be ordered or if the sale is made exclusively to customers of a veterinary practice.
Legal basis:
Pursuant to Article 104, paragraph 1 of the Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation, persons permitted to supply veterinary medicinal products may online offer veterinary medicinal products provided that those veterinary medicinal products are not subject to a veterinary prescription. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a Member State may allow persons permitted to supply veterinary medicinal products to online offer veterinary medicinal products subject to a veterinary prescription. On the condition that the Member State has provided a secure system for such supplies. Such permission shall only be granted to persons established in their territory and supply shall only occur within the territory of that Member State.
In the Netherlands, Article 4.4 of the Veterinary Medicinal Products Decree 2022 states that retailers with a DR license may offer veterinary medicinal products designated pursuant to Article 5.1, paragraph 2. These concern veterinary medicines of the URA category.
This exception does not exist for veterinary medicines of the UDA and UDD categories and therefore they should not be sold online directly to animal owners.