At the request of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, the manufacturer or its authorised representative shall provide any information relating to the characteristics, design, composition, analytical evaluation file, manufacture, storage, distribution, instructions for use, batch control procedures and results before release and during use, the making available, use and traceability of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their sale. Similarly, it carries out any investigations or work necessary for the exercise of reactovigilance requested by the Director General of the Agency.
The importer or distributor of in vitro diagnostic medical devices shall also provide, at the request of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, any information relating to the storage, distribution, availability, use and traceability of in vitro diagnostic medical devices, as well as access to information relating to their sale.