The dossier is deemed to be complete if, within one month of receipt, the Minister responsible for research or, where applicable, the Director General of the regional health agency, has not informed the organisation of the missing or incomplete information and indicated the deadline for providing it.
These authorities inform each other of the requests for additional information that they send to the reporting body and of the replies received. If no reply is received within the time limit set, the reporting organisation is deemed to have withdrawn its request.