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Article R5141-123-1 of the French Public Health Code

By way of derogation from article R. 5141-123, the importation of veterinary medicinal products intended exclusively for animals whose flesh or products are not intended for human consumption is not subject to import authorisation, provided that the following conditions are met:

1° Veterinary medicinal products are transported personally by the person responsible for the care of the animal or animals for which they are intended;

2° The person responsible for the animal is accompanied by the animal or animals for which the medicinal products are intended;

3° The import concerns only veterinary medicinal products other than immunological medicinal products;

4° The quantity imported is compatible with therapeutic use for a duration of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use or for the duration of treatment provided for in the prescription prescribing the veterinary medicinal product.

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Article R5141-123-1

N’est pas soumise à autorisation d’importation, par dérogation à l’article R. 5141-123, l’importation de médicaments vétérinaires à destination exclusive des animaux dont la chair ou les produits ne sont pas destinés à la consommation humaine, dès lors que les conditions suivantes sont remplies :

1° Les médicaments vétérinaires sont transportés personnellement par le responsable de la garde de l’animal ou des animaux auxquels ils sont destinés ;

2° Le responsable de la garde de l’animal est accompagné de l’animal ou des animaux auxquels les médicaments sont destinés ;

3° L’importation ne concerne que des médicaments vétérinaires autres qu’immunologiques ;

4° La quantité importée est compatible avec un usage thérapeutique pendant une durée de traitement n’excédant pas trois mois aux conditions normales d’emploi ou pendant la durée de traitement prévue par l’ordonnance prescrivant le médicament vétérinaire.

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