French Public Health Code
In forceAn import authorisation is required for each import operation involving veterinary medicinal products which have undergone all stages of manufacture, including packaging.
By way of derogation from the provisions of the previous paragraph, veterinary medicinal products at an intermediate stage of manufacture are covered by an authorisation for a series of import operations envisaged over a maximum period of one year and for a given overall quantity.
The same applies to veterinary medicinal products intended for storage in a national export warehouse referred to in
article 277 Aof the General Tax Code, as well as to veterinary medicinal products imported by the person responsible for the care of the animal or animals.
In this case, the authorisation specifies the number of operations planned, the duration of the period during which the operations may be carried out and the total quantity of the veterinary medicinal product in question that may be imported; at the end of the authorisation period, renewal is only obtained on presentation of the previous authorisation and an indication of the operations carried out and the quantity imported during the period.
The authorisation is returned to the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail as soon as the import operations end and at the latest at the end of the period covered by this authorisation, bearing a statement of the quantities actually imported and the dates of the corresponding operations.
