When the application for authorisation concerns all or part of the micro-organisms or toxins or products containing them, intended for veterinary use, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé first obtains the opinion of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.
The absence of a response from the latter within 30 days is considered to be a favourable opinion. In urgent cases, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is not obliged to wait until the end of this period before issuing the authorisation requested.