Chapter II: Poisonous substances and preparations.

Poisonous substances include : 1° (Deleted) ; 2° Narcotic substances ; 3° Psychotropic substances; 4° Substances included in list I and list II as defined in article L. 5132-6. For the purposes of this Part : Substances” means chemical elements and their compounds as they occur in the natural state or as produced by industry, possibly containing any additives necessary for their marketing. Preparations” means mixtures or solutions composed of…

Lists I and II mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5132-1 comprise : 1° (Repealed) ; 2° Medicinal products for human use likely to present a direct or indirect danger to health ; 3° Medicinal products for human use containing substances whose activity or undesirable effects require medical supervision; 4° (Repealed) ; 5° Any other product or substance presenting a direct or indirect health risk. List I includes substances or…

Poisonous plants, substances or preparations are classified as narcotic drugs or psychotropic substances or are included in lists I and II by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, without prejudice to the regulatory provisions applicable to poisonous plants, substances or preparations included in lists I and II mentioned in 4° of Article L. 5132-1 contained in products other…

The production, manufacture, transport, import, export, possession, offer, transfer, acquisition and use of plants, substances or preparations classified as poisonous are subject to conditions defined by decrees of the Conseil d’Etat. These decrees may prohibit any operation relating to these plants and substances; they may in particular, after consulting the National Academies of Medicine and Pharmacy, prohibit the prescription and incorporation into preparations of certain of these plants and substances…

When they have the status of Community goods and are coming from or going to other Member States of the European Union, medicinal products, substances or preparations classified as narcotics or to which the narcotics regulations are applied in whole or in part by virtue of this code, as well as medicinal products, substances or preparations classified as psychotropic, must be presented to the customs service, together with the accompanying…

For public health reasons, in particular to prevent the emergence of resistance to medicinal products belonging to the class of antibiotics and containing one of the substances mentioned in this chapter, appropriate measures to combat resistance to the said medicinal products shall be taken by regulation.