The inspectors of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé are authorised by the Minister for Defence to work in the pharmaceutical establishments of the central pharmacy of the armed forces or the medical supply establishments of the armed forces health service, in accordance with the conditions set out in the decree referred to in the last paragraph of article 413-9 of the Criminal Code.
The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé informs the Minister for Defence in advance of any investigation or inspection by these inspectors.
The technical inspector of the pharmaceutical services of the armed forces may accompany these inspectors.
The report sent by the inspector in charge of the mission to the Director General of the Agency, under cover of the pharmacist inspector mentioned in Article L. 5127-1 when the mission is carried out by a public health pharmacist inspector acting in the case provided for in Article L. 5313-3, is simultaneously sent to the Minister for Defence, who may make his observations known to the Director General within a period of one month.
The provisions of this article apply to the intervention of the inspectors of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé in places under the responsibility of the Minister for Defence, where biomedical research within the meaning of Article L. 1121-1 is being carried out, the control of which falls within the remit of the agency defined in Article L. 5311-1.