When it is established that the operating conditions of the laboratory established in another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area holding the authorisation are not or are no longer equivalent to those imposed on medical biology laboratories established on French territory, the authorisation is suspended or withdrawn by the Minister for Health after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the French Accreditation Committee.
However, the authorisation may only be suspended or withdrawn, except in the event of immediate danger to public health, after the Minister for Health has informed the head of the laboratory of the nature of the shortcomings observed and has given him formal notice to put an end to them within a period that may not exceed twenty days. A copy of the formal notice is sent to the competent authorities of the State in which the laboratory has its registered office. Reasons shall be given for the withdrawal or suspension of the authorisation. These decisions may concern only part of the authorisation.