The holder of a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product shall immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, specifying the reasons, of any action taken, in France or in another Member State of the European Union, to suspend or stop the marketing of this medicinal product, to request the withdrawal of this authorisation or not to apply for its renewal, specifying in particular whether this action is based on one of the grounds mentioned in 1° to 5° of Article L. 5121-9. If its action is based on one of the same grounds, it must also inform the European Medicines Agency.
When one of the actions mentioned in the first paragraph of this article is initiated in a third country and is based on one of the grounds mentioned in the same 1° to 5°, the marketing authorisation holder shall immediately inform the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé and the European Medicines Agency, specifying the grounds for its action.