The distribution of free samples of labile blood products is prohibited.
However, it is authorised for the plasmas mentioned in article L. 1223-3, outside areas accessible to the public on the occasion of medical or pharmaceutical congresses, when it is only given to persons authorised to prescribe or purchase these products, solely at their request, and when the product or its packaging bears the words “free sample”.
Promotional communication of the plasmas mentioned in article L. 1223-3 to persons authorised to prescribe, supply or use them in the practice of their art may not give rise to the payment or promise of a bonus, pecuniary advantage or benefit in kind, unless these are of negligible value and relate to the practice of medicine or pharmacy.