Where manufacturers and importers of investigational medicinal products entrust certain quality control operations to a laboratory in accordance with Article R. 5124-47 (2°), the biomedical research sponsor ensures that this laboratory complies with the elements relating to investigational medicinal products in the application for authorisation referred to in Article L. 1123-8 accepted by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.