In the case of blood-derived medicinal products, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, when examining the application for marketing authorisation, submit samples either of the bulk product and the finished product, or of one of them only.
In the interests of public health, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may require a company exploiting a blood-derived medicinal product to submit to its control samples of each batch of either the bulk product and the finished product, or only one of them, before the batch is put into circulation. The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé must carry out this control within sixty days of receipt of the samples.
These checks may not be required in the case of a batch originating from another Member State of the European Community when the competent authority of that Member State has already checked the batch and declared it to comply with the approved specifications.
The Minister for Health may, on a proposal from the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products, require by order that companies exploiting a blood-derived medicinal product submit to the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products a copy of all control reports signed by the responsible pharmacist.