Manufacturers or their agents, importers and distributors shall declare without delay to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé any incidents or risks of incidents involving an in vitro diagnostic medical device of which they are aware.
When importers or distributors report an incident or risk of incident, or when they are informed by a local reactovigilance correspondent or by a user healthcare professional of an incident or risk of incident reported to the general director of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, they ensure that the information is passed on to the manufacturer or its authorised representative.
Manufacturers or their authorised representatives prepare a summary report presenting the information relating to all the incidents or risks of incidents which they have reported or which have been communicated to them. This report is forwarded annually to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, or immediately upon a reasoned request.