Where the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail considers that the application or the accompanying dossier is incomplete, he will invite the applicant to complete the application or dossier.
The Director General will notify the applicant of his decision within two hundred and ten days of the submission of a complete application and dossier. If the Director General remains silent, registration will be refused on expiry of the aforementioned period from the date of receipt of the application and documents.
The Director General may ask the applicant for any additional information he considers necessary to reach a decision on the application, stating the reasons for his decision. The period provided for in the second paragraph is then suspended until receipt of the information requested.