Section 1: General provisions.

The pharmacopoeia referred to in article L. 5112-1 is a compendium comprising : 1° The nomenclature of drugs, simple and compound medicinal products and officinal articles; 2° A list of common names of medicinal products; 3° Maximum and usual dosage tables for medicinal products for adults and children; 4° Information which may be useful to the pharmacist for pharmaceutical practice. The pharmacopoeia indicates the characteristics of medicinal products, the means…

The provisions of the French pharmacopoeia and the European pharmacopoeia are made mandatory by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, published on the Agency’s website.

The French pharmacopoeia is supplemented by a national formulary. The provisions of this national formulary may be made compulsory under the conditions set out in article R. 5112-2.

The French pharmacopoeia and the national formulary mentioned in Article R. 5112-4 are published on the website of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé.