I.-The provisions of articles L. 5124-1 and L. 5124-2, with the exception of the provisions of the first paragraph of this article, apply to the medical supply establishments of the armed forces health service responsible for the import, export and wholesale distribution of medicines, products and articles mentioned in article L. 4211-1, as well as to the Pharmacie centrale des armées. The medicinal products mentioned in the aforementioned article and manufactured in this establishment are subject to the provisions of article L. 5121-8, subject to II and III of this article.
II.The provisions of article L. 5121-8 do not apply to medicinal products mentioned in 6° or 14° of article L. 5121-1 which are necessary for the specific needs of defence and which meet all of the following conditions:
1° They are intended to compensate for the absence of an available or suitable pharmaceutical speciality;
2° They are manufactured, at the request of the Ministry of Defence, by a duly authorised pharmaceutical establishment;
3° They are operated by a medical supply establishment of the Armed Forces Health Service or by the Central Armed Forces Pharmacy.
III – Medicines other than those mentioned in II of this article, manufactured by the Pharmacie centrale des armées, required for specific defence needs and intended to compensate for the lack of an available or suitable pharmaceutical speciality, are not subject to the provisions of article L. 5121-8.