During the examination of marketing authorisation applications, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may order any investigative measure he deems necessary and in particular:
1° Carry out any investigation relating to the manufacture of the medicinal product ;
2° Consult the experts who have been chosen to carry out the tests with a view to compiling the marketing authorisation application dossier;
3° Seek the opinion of experts appointed by it;
4° Appoint rapporteurs to ensure that applications comply with the provisions of this Code;
5° Requiring the applicant to complete its dossier, in particular with regard to reports on analytical, toxicological, pharmacological and clinical trials;
6° Submit the medicinal product, its raw materials and, if necessary, its intermediate products or other components to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products or to a laboratory that it designates to ensure that the control methods used by the manufacturer and described in the marketing authorisation application dossier are satisfactory.