The provisions of this section apply to health establishments which hold the authorisation referred to in Article L. 1243-2 and which meet the conditions for obtaining the authorisation provided for in Article L. 4211-9-2 to carry out, in the context of the research referred to in the first paragraph of Article L. 1121-1, the activities of manufacturing, importing, exporting and distributing advanced therapy medicinal products as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products.