This certificate may be issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé for all or part of the activities inspected to the responsible person mentioned in article R. 4211-55, within ninety days of an inspection. It may not be used to guarantee the safety or quality of individual batches of medicinal products manufactured.
When the inspection reveals breaches of good manufacturing practice by an establishment and a certificate had previously been issued to it, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, depending on the seriousness of the breaches, terminate its validity, shorten its duration or limit its scope by issuing a new certificate, after the person responsible for the establishment has been given the opportunity to present his observations within a period set by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.
The certificate issued or, failing that, the information to the effect that the inspection has led to the conclusion that the establishment does not comply with the good manufacturing practices referred to in Article L. 5121-5, is recorded in a database set up by the European Medicines Agency.
Subject to any agreements concluded between the European Union and a third country, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may ask a manufacturer of medicinal products established in a third country to submit to an inspection by the Agency’s inspectors if the medicinal product it manufactures is intended to be imported.