The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall carry out his duties relating to reactovigilance under the conditions defined in Article R. 5311-2. He shall ensure compliance with the monitoring procedures organised by this chapter. When informed of an incident or risk of incident, or of the recall of an in vitro diagnostic medical device, the Director General will arrange for an assessment to be carried out. He may request any investigation necessary for the exercise of reactovigilance.
After analysing the information gathered, the Director General takes, where appropriate, the decisions provided for in Articles L. 5312-1 to L. 5312-3.