The application for authorisation provided for in III of Article L. 1245-5 shall be sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, by any means enabling its receipt to be dated, by an establishment or body already authorised under Article L. 1243-2, accompanied by a letter from the applicant justifying the need to import or export as a matter of urgency the elements or products defined in Article R. 1245-1 and intended for a patient.
It is accompanied by a technical file, the content of which is set by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, published on the website of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
This file includes the patient’s name, the precise designation of the product and the number of units, the name and address of the supplier or recipient and essential information about the process used and the product obtained.
The authorisation decision, taken after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, includes in particular the name and address of the supplying establishment, the importing or exporting establishment or organisation, the patient’s initials, the nature of the product or element which is the subject of the authorisation, its identification code, the number of units of the element or product transported and its period of validity.
It is valid for a single operation.