If the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé remains silent, the authorisation will be refused on expiry of a period of forty-five days from the date of receipt of the complete application and dossier referred to in Articles R. 5121-111 and R. 5121-112.
The time limit mentioned in the previous paragraph is extended by fifteen days if the Director General of the Agency requests additional information from the applicant, which may be necessary to examine the application.