I. – In an emergency, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the authorisation for a maximum period of three months.
II. – Withdrawal of the authorisation may be ordered by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, under the conditions of the last paragraph of Article L. 1223-4, after the beneficiary of the authorisation has been invited, by any means giving a date certain on receipt of this invitation, to present its written or oral observations within a period set by the Director General, which may not be less than one month.