Within a period of two months prior to the clinical trial of a veterinary medicinal product, the sponsor shall inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail of his intention by sending him, by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, a dossier containing the following information:
1° The identity of the sponsor ;
2° The framework of the trial:
a) The title and objective of the trial ;
b) The site or sites of the trial;
c) The identity of the investigator(s), their qualifications, experience and duties;
d) If different from the sponsor, the identity of the manufacturer of the medicinal product to be tested and of the placebo;
e) If applicable, the identity of the importer;
f) The references of the marketing authorisations obtained in another Member State of the European Union or in a third country for the medicinal product under trial, as well as the references of any decisions to refuse, suspend or withdraw these authorisations;
g) The date on which it is planned to start the trial and its probable duration;
3° The trial protocol specifying in particular :
a) The type of trial ;
b) The therapeutic indication which is the subject of the trial;
c) The dosage of the medicinal product studied and, if applicable, that of the reference medicinal product;
d) The duration of treatment;
e) The number of animals to be included in the trial and the main inclusion criteria;
4° For the veterinary medicinal product to be tested:
a) Its name as defined in Article R. 5141-1 or its code name ;
b) Its pharmaceutical form;
c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition using, where appropriate, the international names where they exist or, failing this, the names of the European or French pharmacopoeia;
d) The presence of any new active ingredient;
e) An indication, if known, of the chemical, pharmacological and clinical classes to which the active ingredient belongs;
f) The place of manufacture;
g) The route of administration;
h) The intended animals;
i) The status of the active principle(s) with regard to Regulation (EC) No 470/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 laying down Community procedures for the establishment of residue limits of pharmacologically active substances in foodstuffs of animal origin;
j) The proposed withdrawal period, if applicable;
5° For a reference medicinal product :
a) Its name ;
b) Its pharmaceutical form ;
c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition in active principle;
d) The status of the active ingredient(s) with regard to the aforementioned regulation;
e) The withdrawal period, if applicable;
6° For a placebo:
a) Its pharmaceutical form ;
b) Its place of manufacture;
c) Its qualitative and quantitative composition;
7° The summary of prerequisites referred to in article R. 5141-6, together with the references of the main studies used for this summary;
8° Where applicable, a copy of the authorisations granted in application of Article R. 5132-74 or Article R. 5132-83.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may, within two months of receiving the information mentioned above, oppose the implementation of this trial by means of a reasoned decision.