The holder of a parallel import authorisation notifies the holder of the marketing authorisation for the proprietary medicinal product in the Member State of origin of the marketing in France of the proprietary medicinal product, prior to its marketing. It also provides the marketing authorisation holder, at his request, with a sample of the medicinal product as it will be marketed.
When the product is first placed on the market, the holder of a parallel import authorisation provides a sample of the product, as it will be placed on the market, to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, which ensures that it complies with the marketing authorisation in France.