Members of the medical professions who have links with companies and establishments producing or exploiting healthcare products or with consultancy bodies working on these products are required to make these links known to the public when they give their opinion on the said products at a public event, during university teaching or continuing education or therapeutic education activities, in the written or audiovisual press or via any written or online publication. The conditions for the application of this article are laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
Failure to comply with the rules referred to in the above paragraph shall be punishable by penalties imposed by the competent professional body.