Any production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition or use of the micro-organisms and toxins on the list drawn up in application of article L. 5139-1 and products containing them is subject to an authorisation issued by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, without prejudice to the provisions of Title III of Book V of the Environmental Code and Decree no. 2001-1192 of 13 December 2001 on the control of the export, import and transfer of dual-use goods and technologies.
Authorisation is granted for the purposes of preparing, manufacturing, placing on the market or putting into service products mentioned in article L. 5311-1, veterinary medicinal products or reagents intended for veterinary or plant health analyses, or for the purposes of research, development or teaching on these products.
Where the nature of the operations envisaged so requires, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may make the granting of authorisation subject to special conditions which he shall notify to the applicant in his authorisation decision.