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Article R5121-49 of the French Public Health Code

When, on the occasion of the implementation of Article 20(4) of Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, urgent action is essential to protect human health or the environment, pending a final decision by the European Commission, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may suspend the use of a medicinal product…

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Article R5121-50 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Agence de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) makes public, in particular via the Agency’s website: 1° The decisions to grant marketing authorisation for medicinal products or products which he has issued, accompanied by the corresponding summary of product characteristics, the package leaflet, any conditions set in application of the third paragraph of article…

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Article R5121-50-1 of the French Public Health Code

Without prejudice to the provisions of 2° of Article R. 5121-50, each year the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé publishes on its website the list of medicinal products or products for which marketing authorisations have been refused, withdrawn or suspended in France, the supply of which has been prohibited or which have been withdrawn from the market, stating the reasons for these measures. It…

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Article R5121-51 of the French Public Health Code

In order to obtain a marketing authorisation for a medicinal product which is not covered by the marketing authorisation procedure issued by the European Commission pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004, in more than one Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the applicant must follow one of the…

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Article R5121-51-1 of the French Public Health Code

In order to obtain recognition, by at least one other Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, of a marketing authorisation granted by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, with France acting as the reference State, the holder of this authorisation asks the latter to update or prepare the assessment report…

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Article R5121-51-2 of the French Public Health Code

In order to obtain recognition in France of a marketing authorisation issued by another State, known as the reference State, which is a member of the European Community or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the holder of this authorisation must submit a marketing authorisation application to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé. From receipt of…

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Article R5121-51-3 of the French Public Health Code

To obtain a marketing authorisation in France and in at least one other Member State of the European Community or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, for a medicinal product which is authorised neither in the European Community nor in the European Economic Area, the applicant must submit a marketing authorisation application to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits…

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Article R5121-51-4 of the French Public Health Code

In the event of agreement within the coordination group, referred to by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé or by another State : 1° In the case provided for in Article R. 5121-51-1, the Director General of the Agency will notify the States concerned and the marketing authorisation holder of the agreement. In accordance with the assessment report thus approved,…

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Article R5121-51-5 of the French Public Health Code

In the absence of agreement within the coordination group, the Community arbitration procedure provided for in articles 32 to 34 of Directive 2001/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council applies. Where France is the reference State, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé is responsible for initiating this procedure by informing the European Medicines Agency of the disagreement. The…

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Article R5121-51-6 of the French Public Health Code

At the end of the procedures provided for in this sub-section, the marketing authorisation is issued or varied by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé within thirty days of notification of the agreement by the reference State or by the European Commission, subject to the applicant providing a French translation of the summary of product characteristics, the package leaflet and…

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