The provisions of articles L. 413-1, L. 413-3, L. 441-1, L. 451-1, L. 451-2, L. 451-5 and L. 454-1 to L. 454-4 of the French Consumer Code concerning the falsification of medicinal substances and the display, offering for sale or sale of falsified medicinal substances apply to human blood, its components and labile products derived therefrom.
The same penalties as set out in the same articles shall apply to the act of:
-distributing or supplying for therapeutic purposes a labile blood product that is not on the list provided for in article L. 1221-8, unless it is intended for research involving the human person;
-using a labile blood product in breach of a provision or decision issued by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé pursuant to article L. 1221-10-1.