The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will give his decision within three months of receipt of the complete application by his departments. If no response is received by the end of this period, the authorisation is deemed to have been refused.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may request any additional information that he considers necessary, by any means that will allow this request to be dated. In this case, the period provided for in the first paragraph is suspended until the additional information required has been provided.