When a new indication is authorised by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, on the basis of preclinical and clinical studies considered significant during the scientific evaluation conducted with a view to this authorisation, for a medicinal product whose active substance has been in well-established medicinal use for at least ten years in France, in the European Community or in the European Economic Area, an application for authorisation of the same indication for another medicinal product may not refer to these studies for a period of one year. In this case, the Director General of the Agency informs the marketing authorisation holder that the data from these studies are protected for one year and makes this information public.