The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, at the request of a veterinary pharmaceutical establishment exporting a veterinary medicinal product :
1° Certify that this establishment holds the authorisation provided for in Article L. 5142-2;
2° Certify that the establishment which manufactures the exported veterinary medicinal product holds the authorisation provided for in Article L. 5142-2 and that it is required to comply with the good manufacturing practices provided for in Article L. 5142-3;
3° Where the veterinary medicinal product has a marketing authorisation, issues the summary of product characteristics or an equivalent document.
Where the veterinary medicinal product does not benefit from a marketing authorisation, the establishment provides the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail with a declaration explaining the reasons why this authorisation is lacking, accompanied by a file containing the characteristics of the veterinary medicinal product exported. The Director General of the Agency shall certify that the declaration has been provided and shall, at his request, communicate this information to the competent authority of the importing State.
The Director General of the Agency shall issue to the competent authority of the importing State, at its request, documents or information relating to the existence and operating conditions of veterinary pharmaceutical establishments and the certificates and other documents referred to in this Article.