The authorisation referred to in article R. 5132-74 may only be granted to a natural person. In the companies mentioned in articles L. 5124-2 and L. 5142-1, authorisation may be requested for the pharmacist in charge, the acting pharmacist in charge, the delegated pharmacists and the assistant pharmacists as well as for the veterinarian in charge, the acting veterinarian in charge, the delegated veterinarians and the assistant veterinarians. In the event of the absence of the holders of the authorisation for a period not exceeding fifteen days, the authorisation is granted under the same conditions to those who replace them, duly registered in this capacity on the roll of the national order of pharmacists or the roll of the order of veterinary surgeons. The authorisation specifies the substances or preparations and the plants or parts of plants whose production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, supply, transfer, acquisition or use is authorised.
It may impose special conditions on the possession of substances or preparations, plants or parts of plants classified as narcotics and on the control of their extraction, manufacture and processing.
It sets the quantity of narcotics that may be transferred or handed over when it is granted for research or teaching purposes. However, no quantity is set for government programmes for the collection of narcotics for public health research purposes.
It may not be granted and is automatically withdrawn from a person convicted of an offence under the provisions of this section or of the unlawful use of narcotics.
Where the substance or preparation is a raw material for pharmaceutical use, authorisation may only be granted if the establishment has been authorised under the conditions set out in article L. 5138-1.