Any medicinal product which does not have a marketing authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-8 or an early access authorisation as referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or a compassionate access authorisation as referred to in II of Article L. 5121-12-1 as referred to in Article L. 5121-12 or a registration as referred to in Article L. 5121-13 or an authorisation as referred to in 12° or 13° of Article L. 5121-1 or which is not a medicinal product necessary for the performance of research involving the human person which has been the subject of an authorisation within the meaning of Article L. 1123-8 is subject, prior to its importation into the customs territory, to an import authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, either under the conditions provided for in Articles R. 5121-109 to R. 5121-114, or under the parallel import authorisation defined in Articles R. 5121-115 et seq. This authorisation may be refused if the medicinal product presents or is likely to present a risk to public health and, for medicinal products required for research involving the human person, if authorisation for the research involving the human person has been refused.
The provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply in the event of transit through or use of the customs territory.
The import authorisation provided for in the first paragraph indicates, for medicinal products subject to an authorisation or registration system and intended to be placed on the market in France, the national number identifying each of the presentations of the medicinal product, referred to in article R. 5121-4 in accordance with the procedures laid down by the order referred to in this article.