I.-The National Council of the Order of Veterinary Surgeons has two months from the date of receipt of the application to give its opinion.
If the National Council of the Order of Veterinary Surgeons finds that the application is incomplete, it will immediately notify the company, by any means that confirms the date of receipt, of the list of missing documents or information. The deadline is then suspended until the missing documents are received.
II – A protocol concluded between the National Council of the Order of Veterinary Surgeons and one or more organisations representing the companies concerned may, by way of derogation from the provisions of articles R. 5141-143, R. 5141-144 and the provisions of I of this article, establish a simplified content and transmission of requests for opinions for the most frequent operations meeting the characteristics specified in this protocol. In this case, for all the dossiers and operations meeting these characteristics, the company sends a single request for an opinion to the National Council of the Order of Veterinarians.
III – If the National Council of the Order of Veterinary Surgeons issues an unfavourable opinion, its reasoned opinion will be sent to the company by any means capable of providing a date certain.