The depositories defined in 4° of article R. 5124-2 carry out their activities under the conditions set out in a written contract which, in accordance with the good practices provided for in article L. 5121-5, applicable to these activities, sets out the respective obligations of the depository and the operator, manufacturer or importer on whose behalf it is acting. They may only distribute batches of medicinal products or other pharmaceutical products which have been released by the pharmacist in charge of the company or organisation which manufactures or imports them.
Depositaries may, on behalf of one or more operators of medicinal products, store and deliver samples of medicinal products to the healthcare professionals mentioned in article L. 5122-10. They report on the dispatch of these samples to these operators.