The responsible person is responsible for:
1° Ensuring that advanced therapy medicinal products used in the context of research mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 1121-1 are manufactured, imported, exported and distributed in accordance with the legislative and regulatory provisions in force;
2° Ensuring that the quality assurance system is set up, evaluated and updated, in compliance with the rules of good practice provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 5121-5.
When an establishment is authorised to carry out the activities provided for in Article R. 4211-53 on different sites, a site activity manager and an acting site activity manager are appointed by the person responsible for each of the sites. The person in charge of site activities carries out the tasks mentioned in the previous paragraphs for each of these sites, under the authority of the person in charge.
II – The person in charge, the temporary managers, the manager and the temporary manager of site activities referred to in I must hold the qualifications required to practise medicine or pharmacy. They must also have qualifications and practical experience of at least two years in the fields of activity defined by this section.
III – The authorised establishment must send the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé a copy of any instrument appointing the responsible person and the interim responsible person or persons referred to in I.
When the responsible person or the interim responsible person is replaced, the authorised establishment must inform the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé without delay of the name and date on which the designated responsible person takes up his duties.