Medicinal products used in the absence of an appropriate authorised medicinal product available for the species and indication considered within the framework provided for in Articles 112 to 115 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall be administered either by the veterinarian or, under the veterinarian’s personal responsibility, by the keeper of the animals, in compliance with the veterinarian’s prescription and any restrictions on the conditions of supply laid down by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail.
However, the first administration of medicinal products containing substances essential for the treatment of equidae not excluded from human consumption, the list of which is laid down in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 115 of the same Regulation, may only be carried out by the prescribing veterinarian, who shall record this treatment in the compulsory identification document.