Where a failure to comply with the rules governing the holding, prescription, supply or use of veterinary medicinal products provided for in this chapter is observed, and except in an emergency, the administrative authority shall give formal notice to the party concerned to comply with these obligations within a period which it shall determine. It shall invite the person concerned to submit written or oral observations within the same time limit, assisted, where appropriate, by a counsel of his choice or by being represented. If, on expiry of this period, the interested party has not complied with the injunction, or without delay in an emergency, the administrative authority may order the suspension of the activity in question until the operator has complied with the injunction.
The administrative authority may also, under the same conditions, order the temporary administrative closure of the establishment.
A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall specify the procedures for application of this article.