I. – The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within three months of the date on which the application is deemed to be complete.
II. – He may request any additional information he considers necessary, by any means capable of providing a definite date for this request. In this case, the time limit stipulated in the previous paragraph is suspended until the additional information required has been provided.
III. – If no response is received by the end of this period, the request is deemed to have been rejected.
IV. – Authorisations specify the category of products entering the national territory.
V. – Authorisations issued in this way may be modified, suspended or withdrawn in whole or in part by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé under the conditions laid down in Article L. 1245-1. A copy of decisions to authorise, suspend or withdraw authorisations is sent to the Minister for Health, the Minister for Customs and the Agence de la biomédecine.
VI. – Any modification of the information contained in the initial application for authorisation, concerning the nature or origin of the products as well as the substantial modifications mentioned in 4° of Article R. 1243-7 is subject to authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. The application for modification is submitted and examined under the same conditions as the initial application.
VII. – Any change to the other elements included in the initial dossier must be declared to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé within one month of its implementation.
VIII. – The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé keeps an up-to-date list of authorised establishments or organisations, giving the names and addresses of these establishments or organisations and the category of products that each of them is authorised to obtain. This list is accessible to the public on the Agency’s website.