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Book III: National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products

Article R5311-1 of the French Public Health Code

In order to carry out its tasks, the agency may in particular: 1° Acquire the necessary movable or immovable property; 2° Allocate, from its own budget, grants, free loans or advances to public or private bodies carrying out studies, research, works or projects; 3° Cooperate, in particular by means of agreements or participation in public interest groups, with any public or private, French or foreign person, and in particular with…

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Article R5311-2 of the French Public Health Code

The Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) is responsible for the steering and national coordination of the vigilance procedures relating to the health products referred to in Article R. 1413-61-1. The Agency carries out a scientific assessment of all information in order to examine options for preventing or reducing risks and, if necessary, to…

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Article R5312-1 of the French Public Health Code

For the implementation of the monitoring and alert system mentioned in article L. 5312-4, the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for receiving and processing reports of medicinal products suspected of being falsified and quality defects suspected of affecting medicinal products. This system also covers recalls of medicinal products by the companies or organisations that operate them, and withdrawals of medicinal products from…

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Article R5312-2 of the French Public Health Code

I – On the basis of inspections carried out in application of the provisions of Article L. 5313-1, the results of controls or evidence of breaches observed under Articles L. 5471-1 and R. 5471-1, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may initiate financial sanction proceedings against those responsible for these breaches. II – The Director General of the Agency will…

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Article R5312-3 of the French Public Health Code

The Minister for Health is the authorising officer responsible for issuing collection orders relating to penalties and periodic penalty payments ordered pursuant to articles L. 5312-4-1, L. 5471-1 and R. 5471-1. The collection order is issued and made enforceable under the conditions laid down in articles 112 to 124 of decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 on public budgetary and accounting management.

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Article R5313-1 of the French Public Health Code

Designation as an inspector of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, as provided for in Article L. 5313-1, is the subject of a decision by the Director General. The list of designated inspectors is published and regularly updated on the Agency’s website.

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Article R5313-2 of the French Public Health Code

The Agency’s inspectors shall carry out inspections as decided by the Agency’s Director General, who shall issue a letter of assignment to the inspector in charge of the investigation. This letter specifies the establishment or location to be inspected and the name(s) of the Agency’s inspector(s).

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Article R5313-3 of the French Public Health Code

The information gathered in the course of the inspection mission is the subject of a report sent by the inspector in charge of the mission to the Director General of the Agency. The form and content of this report are defined by the Director General of the Agency and, in the case of medicinal products, in cooperation with the European Medicines Agency. This report is sent to the pharmacist in…

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Article R5313-3-1 of the French Public Health Code

I.-When a reasoned request is made to this end, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall send, by any means, the report mentioned in Article R. 5313-3 to the European authorities responsible for the safety of the health products mentioned in Article L. 5311-1. This report shall be sent under conditions guaranteeing the confidentiality of sensitive information. The Director General…

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