Manufacturers of veterinary medicinal products mentioned in 1° of article R. 5142-1 must justify, at all times, that all the products they use, manufacture and deliver comply with the characteristics to which they must conform and that the necessary controls have been carried out.
Manufacturers of veterinary medicinal products which are the subject of a marketing authorisation referred to in article L. 5141-5 or a registration referred to in article L. 5141-9 must ensure that manufacturing operations are carried out in compliance with the data in the dossier for this authorisation or registration accepted by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail. They are required to re-evaluate and, if necessary, modify their manufacturing methods according to scientific and technical progress. Where appropriate, the manufacturer notifies the holder of the authorisation or registration and, if different, the operator of the veterinary medicinal product of these changes.
When batches of veterinary medicinal products benefiting from a marketing authorisation or registration referred to in Article L. 5141-9 are imported from another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, the inspection reports corresponding to these batches are recognised by the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail. These reports may be held by the manufacturing establishment located in the Member State or Party concerned, holding a manufacturing or import authorisation mentioned in Article 44 of Directive 2001/82 of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products, which may also monitor the batches for France. The marketing authorisation or registration holder keeps the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail informed of the identity of the holder of these reports.
The provisions of the third paragraph above are applicable to batches of veterinary medicinal products intended to be tested on animals imported from another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and manufactured by an establishment authorised under Article 44 of Directive 2001/82 of 6 November 2001.
The list of immunological veterinary medicinal products mentioned in 2° of Article L. 5141-2, for which a copy of the control reports signed by the pharmacist or veterinarian responsible is sent to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail when each batch is put into circulation, is drawn up, on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail, by order of the Ministers for Agriculture and Health.