Process Feasibility Study

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Feasibility Study is a special process that allows the Applicants to review and work on their timetable concept with the IMs before the path request is placed.
A precondition to start the feasibility study process by the leading Applicant is that the dossiers are in the Harmonization phase.
Time limitations
- Inactive dossiers in Harmonization Conference are automatically switched back to Harmonization of the original process.
  - If there was no editing of a dossier 15 days after the starting of Harmonization Conference
  - If there was no editing of a dossier 8 days after the last change in Harmonization Conference
- These checks are switched off during from approx. mid-December until approx. mid-January.
- Exact dates are defined in the corresponding PCS Process Guidelines
Feasibility study process consists of the following phases:
1. Harmonization Conference – Applicant/IM
2. Feasibility Study Request – IM phase
3. Feasibility Study Elaboration – IM phase
4. Feasibility Elaboration Conference mode (optional during Path Study Elaboration) – Applicant/IM phase
5. Feasibility Study Result – Applicant phase

Dossier does not have to run through all of the phases mentioned above.
Leading Applicant has always the right (except Feasibility Elaboration Conference mode) to end feasibility study in preparation or acknowledge the result and go back to Harmonization phase.