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Article L4221-5 of the French Public Health Code

Nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area are also entitled to practise the profession of pharmacist if they hold the following qualifications

1° Evidence of formal qualifications as a pharmacist issued by a Member State or a State which is a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, attesting to training as a pharmacist begun in that State prior to the dates shown in the order referred to in article L. 4221-4 and which does not comply with Community obligations, if it is accompanied by a certificate from one of these States certifying that the holder of the evidence of formal qualifications has effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activities of a pharmacist in that State for at least three consecutive years during the five years prior to the issue of the certificate ;

2° Evidence of formal qualifications as a pharmacist issued by a Member State or a Contracting State, attesting to training as a pharmacist begun in that State prior to the dates shown in the order referred to in article L. 4221-4 and which does not comply with Community obligations, but which allows the profession of pharmacist to be legally practised in the State which issued it, if the pharmacist can prove that, during the previous five years, he or she has performed full-time hospital duties in France as an associate attaché, associate practitioner attaché, associate assistant or university duties as a university associate clinical supervisor or university associate assistant, provided that he or she was also responsible for hospital duties at the same time.

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Article L4221-5

Ouvre également droit à l’exercice de la profession de pharmacien aux ressortissants d’un Etat membre de l’Union européenne ou d’un autre Etat partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen :

1° Un titre de formation de pharmacien délivré par un Etat, membre ou partie, sanctionnant une formation de pharmacien commencée dans cet Etat antérieurement aux dates figurant dans l’arrêté mentionné à l’article L. 4221-4 et non conforme aux obligations communautaires, s’il est accompagné d’une attestation de l’un de ces Etats certifiant que le titulaire du titre de formation s’est consacré, dans cet Etat, de façon effective et licite aux activités de pharmacien pendant au moins trois années consécutives au cours des cinq années précédant la délivrance de l’attestation ;

2° Un titre de formation de pharmacien délivré par un Etat, membre ou partie, sanctionnant une formation de pharmacien commencée dans cet Etat antérieurement aux dates figurant dans l’arrêté mentionné à l’article L. 4221-4 et non conforme aux obligations communautaires mais permettant d’exercer légalement la profession de pharmacien dans l’Etat qui l’a délivré, si le pharmacien justifie avoir effectué en France au cours des cinq années précédentes trois années consécutives à temps plein de fonctions hospitalières en qualité d’attaché associé, de praticien attaché associé, d’assistant associé ou de fonctions universitaires en qualité de chef de clinique associé des universités ou d’assistant associé des universités, à condition d’avoir été chargé de fonctions hospitalières dans le même temps.

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