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Article L5125-25 of the French Public Health Code

Pharmacists or their agents are prohibited from soliciting orders from the public.

It is forbidden for pharmacists to receive orders for medicinal products and other products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 through the usual intermediary of brokers and to engage in the trafficking and home distribution of medicinal products, products or objects mentioned above, the order for which would have reached them in this way.

Any order delivered outside the pharmacy by any other person may only be delivered in a sealed package bearing the customer’s name and address.

However, subject to compliance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 5125-21, dispensing pharmacists, as well as other persons legally authorised to replace, assist or support them, may personally deliver an order to the home of patients whose situation so requires.

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Article L5125-25

Il est interdit aux pharmaciens ou à leurs préposés de solliciter des commandes auprès du public.

Il est interdit aux pharmaciens de recevoir des commandes de médicaments et autres produits ou objets mentionnés à l’article L. 4211-1 par l’entremise habituelle de courtiers et de se livrer au trafic et à la distribution à domicile de médicaments, produits ou objets précités, dont la commande leur serait ainsi parvenue.

Toute commande livrée en dehors de l’officine par toute autre personne ne peut être remise qu’en paquet scellé portant le nom et l’adresse du client.

Toutefois, sous réserve du respect des dispositions du premier alinéa de l’article L. 5125-21, les pharmaciens d’officine, ainsi que les autres personnes légalement habilitées à les remplacer, assister ou seconder, peuvent dispenser personnellement une commande au domicile des patients dont la situation le requiert.

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