Authenticity verification for electronic certificates

Health authorities outside the European Union (EU) and any interested party can verify the authenticity of an electronic certificate issued by the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The certificate confirms the marketing authorisation status of a medicine and compliance of manufacturing sites with good manufacturing practice (GMP).

Authenticity verification system

Please enter the certificate number and the request number so we can verify the authenticity of the electronic certificate for you. You can find these numbers on the top right-hand corner of the first page of the certificate.

Certificate number The certificate number is a number of 10 digits on the top right of the certificate.

Request number The request number is a number of 5 or 6 digits on the top right of the certificate.

Type of certificate covered

This system verifies the authenticity of an electronic certificate issued by EMA on behalf of the European Commission, under the World Health Organization certification scheme on the quality of pharmaceutical products moving in international commerce. It does not include site-specific GMP certificates.

For more information, see Certification of medicinal products.

EMA is only issuing certificates electronically, as of March 2020. They are in PDF format, using an electronic signature that complies with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on the electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market (eIDAS Regulation). 

How to check the authenticity of electronic certificates

For more information, see:

Information note on the format and validity features of electronic certificates for medicines issued by the European Medicines Agency

Reference Number: EMA/206719/2020 Rev.2