I.-A proprietary veterinary medicinal product may be imported in parallel with a view to being placed on the market in France if it meets the following conditions:
1° It comes from another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, in which it has obtained a marketing authorisation for the same intended animals;
2° It is manufactured by the same company or by an associated company or working under licence with the same quantitative and qualitative composition in active ingredients and excipients and the same pharmaceutical form as those of a veterinary pharmaceutical product that has obtained a marketing authorisation issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail ;
3° It has the same therapeutic indications as those of a proprietary veterinary medicinal product which has obtained a marketing authorisation issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, without being identical in all respects.
II.The application for parallel importation of a veterinary medicinal product may be submitted by:
1° A veterinary pharmaceutical establishment mentioned in Article L. 5142-1, other than the holder of the marketing authorisation mentioned in Article L. 5141-5 ;
2° An owner or professional keeper of animals of species whose flesh or products are intended for human consumption for the purposes of their own breeding.