The notified draft Substitute Sanitary Technical Regulations on the classification of medicines in general for human use, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines as over-the-counter medicines are intended to establish the technical criteria and regulatory provisions for the classification, reclassification, review, updating and control of medicines in general, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines classified as over-the-counter medicines in the national territory.The provisions established in these Regulations are mandatory and apply to natural and legal persons, whether national or foreign, involved in the manufacture, importation, storage, distribution, marketing, dispensing, control and surveillance of medicines in general, processed natural products for medicinal use and homeopathic medicines classified as over-the-counter medicines in the national territory.