After submitting their application for accreditation to the French Accreditation Committee, medical biology laboratories in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Mayotte, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint-Martin and Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon may ask this Committee, at least six months before the foreseeable date of the preliminary visit referred to in Article R. 6221-1, to determine a common period for the preliminary visits of laboratories located within the jurisdiction of the same regional health agency or within the jurisdiction of the territorial health administration.
Requests submitted by laboratories for the determination of the common period for the preliminary visits mentioned in the previous paragraph shall be forwarded to the French Accreditation Committee by each director general of the competent regional health agency or by the head of the competent territorial health administration.