Each batch of medicinal products or products benefiting from the authorisations or registration provided for in the second paragraph of Article R. 5124-49 is subject, in France, to control of the finished product when it is imported :
1° From a State that is not a member of the European Community and not party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area ;
2° Or from another Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area when it has been manufactured by an establishment not authorised under Article 40 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use.
This control is not carried out when the importer can prove that it was carried out in another Member State or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, under his responsibility.
When these medicinal products or products benefit from a marketing authorisation referred to in Article L. 5121-8 or a registration referred to in Article L. 5121-14-1, this control is that provided for in the dossier for this authorisation or registration.
The establishment ensures that these medicinal products or products have been manufactured by manufacturers duly authorised under the laws or regulations of the State concerned and have been subject to standards of good practice at least equivalent to those provided for in article L. 5121-5.