The application for authorisation to import a veterinary medicinal product in parallel is sent to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.
It shall mention :
1° The name or corporate name and address of the applicant ;
2° As regards the veterinary medicinal product which has obtained marketing authorisation in France, its name within the meaning of Article R. 5141-1, and the number of this authorisation;
3° With regard to the veterinary medicinal product which is the subject of the parallel import authorisation application:
a) The country of origin ;
b) The name of the speciality in the State of origin, as well as the name within the meaning of Article R. 5141-1, the content and nature of the packaging of the speciality as it will be marketed in France;
c) The number of the marketing authorisation granted to it in the country of origin;
d) The name or corporate name and address of the company or companies located in the State of origin from which the applicant has obtained the medicinal product;
e) Where known to the applicant, the name or corporate name and address of the manufacturer of the proprietary medicinal product;
f) Where applicable and if different from the applicant, the name or corporate name and address of the establishment authorised under 1° of Article R. 5142-1 or Article 44 of Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001, as amended, on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, responsible for changing the packaging;
g) Where applicable, a precise description of the process for changing the packaging of the proprietary medicinal product as it will be marketed in France once parallel import authorisation has been obtained;
h) If the imported batches of proprietary medicinal products are not stored by the applicant itself or by the establishment that carried out the packaging modification, the name or corporate name and address of the depository within the meaning of 4° of Article R. 5142-1 who will be responsible for storage;
4° Where the application is submitted by an owner or professional keeper of animals whose flesh or products are intended for human consumption, as referred to in 2° of II of Article R. 5141-123-6, the quantity imported and the veterinary prescription where required.