If the competent authority defined in article L. 1123-12 considers that the sponsor, the investigator or any other person involved in the conduct of the research is no longer fulfilling its obligations, it shall send the sponsor or any person in charge of the research a formal notice prescribing the corrective measures to be taken, together with a deadline. The formal notice is forwarded without delay by the sponsor to the Committee for the Protection of Individuals which has issued an opinion on the research concerned.
For the research mentioned in 1° of Article L. 1121-1 relating to medicinal products, the competent authority shall immediately communicate this action plan to the competent authorities of the other Member States of the European Union and to the European Commission.
The sponsor shall report to the competent authority and to the relevant Committee for the Protection of Individuals on the effective implementation of the action plan within a time limit set by the competent authority.