For investigations and inspections carried out in premises, places, installations and vehicles used for professional purposes under the conditions set out in Article L. 1421-2 relating to decisions for which it is responsible by virtue of the provisions of this Title and for monitoring the application of and compliance with these decisions, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail shall call in the agents mentioned in 1° of Article L. 5146-1.
The Director General of the Agency may, under cover of the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, the Regional Prefect or the Prefect of the Department, as the case may be, request the intervention of the inspectors and control bodies mentioned in 2° to 4° of Article L. 5146-1.
Subject to any agreements concluded between the European Union and a third country, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail may ask a manufacturer of veterinary medicinal products established in a third country to submit to an inspection by inspectors from the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail if the veterinary medicinal product it manufactures is intended to be imported into France.