Advertising for … is subject to prior authorisation from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail:
1° Antibiotics ;
2° Veterinary medicinal products subject to a risk management plan ;
3° Medicinal products presented as favouring the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of diseases classified as first category health hazards in the nomenclature provided for inarticle L. 201-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;
4° Veterinary medicinal products containing substances with anabolic, anticatabolic and beta-agonist activity.
Prior authorisation is also required for public advertising of veterinary medicinal products as provided for in article R. 5141-84.
The authorisation is valid for two years. It ends before the expiry of this period if the marketing authorisation for the medicinal product has been modified.