Chapter I: General provisions

As stated in Article R. 234-7 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, which reads as follows: “The administration of veterinary medicinal products mentioned in article D. 234-6 to animals of species whose flesh or products are intended for human consumption must be carried out by the prescribing veterinarian. These treatments are recorded in the breeding register provided for in article L. 234-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing…

The toxic and poisonous substances provided for in d of article L. 5144-1 and the medicinal products containing them are subject to the provisions of chapter II of title III of this book, with the exception of articles R. 5132-3, R. 5132-4, R. 5132-9, R. 5132-10, R. 5132-11, R. 5132-13, R. 5132-14, last paragraph, and R. 5132-22.

Substances with anti-infectious, anti-parasitic (external and internal), anti-inflammatory, analgesic, neuroleptic, anaesthetic, hormonal or anabolic properties are subject, in application of the last paragraph of article L. 5144-1, to the specific conditions of supply defined below. Without prejudice to the provisions concerning poisonous substances, the supply of the substances mentioned in the previous paragraph complies with the following rules: 1° These products may only be sold to persons authorised to hold…

I.- For the purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply 1° “Preventive treatment”: any individual or collective prophylactic treatment applied to healthy animals exposed to a risk factor for an infectious disease in question; 2° “Metaphylactic treatment”: any treatment applied to clinically sick animals and to other animals in the same group which, although clinically healthy, present a high probability of infection due to their close contact with…

I.-The prescription of a medicinal product used in veterinary medicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 is subject to : 1° The prior performance of a clinical examination carried out by the prescribing veterinarian or a necropsy examination carried out at his request, as well as an analysis of the epidemiological context ; 2° The prior performance of an additional examination to identify…

I.-The prescription of a medicinal product for human use in veterinary medicine containing one or more critically important antibiotic substances mentioned in article L. 5144-1-1 and not contained in a veterinary medicinal product is only authorised in the following cases: 1° The substance is on the list of essential substances for equidae and for one of the indications provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1950/2006; 2° The medicinal product contains…

Companies that produce substances mentioned in II of Article L. 234-2 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, i.e. beta-agonists, oestrogens, androgens or gestagens, and those that trade in the said substances, as well as the establishments mentioned in Article L. 5142-1 shall record, in chronological order, using any appropriate recording system that allows immediate editing at the request of the control authorities and does not allow any modification of…

The establishments mentioned in article L. 5142-1 which distribute veterinary medicinal products containing substances with anabolic or anticatabolic activity, in particular beta-agonists, oestrogens, androgens or gestagens, must record, in chronological order, using any appropriate recording system which allows immediate publication at the request of the control authorities and which does not allow any modification of the data after validation of their recording: 1° The name and quantity of the medicinal…

A veterinary surgeon who prescribes medicinal products containing substances having an oestrogenic, androgenic or gestagenic action for farm animals shall record the following information in chronological order in a register or by any appropriate recording system: 1° Number of the prescription prescribing the medicinal product in question ; 2° Nature of the treatment ; 3° Nature of the medicinal product ; 4° Date of treatment ; 5° Identity of the…

The registers or records mentioned in articles R. 5141-118 to R. 5141-120 are kept for five years and must be produced whenever required by the competent authorities. The recording systems comply with the characteristics laid down by order of the ministers responsible for agriculture and health.