Da disse betænkeligheder ikke blev tilbagevist under proceduren, og da dosis på 90 mg etoricoxib blev anvendt til såvel reumatoid artritis og ankyloserende spondylitis, indgav Frankrig den 19. september 2007 en meddelelse om officiel indbringelse til voldgift, jf. artikel 31, stk.
As these concerns were not resolved during the course of the procedure, and since the 90mg dose of etoricoxib was used in both RA and AS, a notification of an official referral for arbitration under Article 31(2) of Directive 2001/ 83, as amended to the CHMP was made by France on 19 September 2007.