Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Subject to articles L. 3114-5 and L. 3114-7, a decree, issued after consultation with the Haut Conseil de la santé publique, the Conseil national de la protection de la nature and the Conseil national d’orientation de la politique sanitaire animale et végétale, sets the list of plant and animal species whose proliferation constitutes a threat to human health and defines the measures that may be taken to prevent their appearance…

An order by the ministers responsible for health, the environment and agriculture may limit or prohibit the introduction, transport, use, offering for sale, sale or purchase, in any form whatsoever, of a species appearing on the list established by the decree referred to in article L. 1338-1.

Any distributor or seller of plants likely to be harmful to human health is required to inform the purchaser, prior to the conclusion of the sale, of the risks to human health and, where appropriate, of the means of protecting against them. An order of the ministers responsible for health and consumer affairs, issued after consultation with the Haut Conseil de la santé publique (High Council for Public Health) and…

I.-Infringements of the regulations adopted in application of articles L. 1338-1 and L. 1338-2 are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure and by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7, State agents approved and commissioned by the Minister for Agriculture, the agents mentioned inarticle L. 172-1 of the Environmental Code and the environmental inspectors…

Where necessary, the conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.