When a prosecution is brought by the judicial authority in application of the articles in this chapter, the representative of the State in the département may order the temporary closure of the establishment. Natural persons guilty of an offence under this chapter are liable to the additional penalty of temporary or permanent closure of the establishment.
The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Failure by any person exploiting a medicinal product or a product mentioned in article L. 5121-1 or by any holder of the authorisation provided for in article L. 4211-6 to comply with the obligation to implement a pharmacovigilance system, to manage the pharmacovigilance system permanent file and to carry out periodic audits; 2° Any person exploiting a medicinal product…
Attempted offences under articles L. 5421-2 and L. 5421-3 are punishable by the same penalties.
For the criminal offences referred to in this Title, natural persons are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Display or dissemination of the decision handed down, under the conditions and subject to the penalties provided for in article 131-35 of the Criminal Code ; 2° Temporary or permanent disqualification from exercising one or more professions governed by this Code, a commercial or industrial profession, from directing, administering, managing…
Legal entities declared criminally liable, under the conditions set out inarticle 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences set out in this Title shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the same Code, the penalties set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the said Code.
Manufacturing, brokering, distributing, advertising, offering for sale, selling, importing and exporting falsified medicinal products as defined in article L. 5111-3 are punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000. The above penalties are increased to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of €750,000 when : 1° The falsified medicinal product is dangerous to human health ; 2° These same offences have been committed by pharmaceutical establishments authorised in…
Anyone found to be in possession of falsified medicinal products without a legitimate reason is liable to three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €75,000. If the falsified medicinal product is dangerous to human health, the penalties are increased to five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000.
Attempts to commit the offences referred to in article L. 5421-13 shall be subject to the same penalties.
Any advertisement within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1 made to the public or to healthcare professionals for a medicinal product mentioned in 1° of II of Article L. 5121-12 benefiting from an early access authorisation under the same Article L. 5121-12 or for a medicinal product benefiting from an authorisation or a compassionate prescription framework mentioned in Article L. 5121-12-1, for the authorised or controlled indication(s), is punishable by…
Any advertising to the public of a medicinal product within the meaning of Article L. 5122-1 is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €150,000: 1° Subject to medical prescription ; 2° Reimbursable by compulsory health insurance schemes, except in the case provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 5122-6 ; 3° Whose marketing authorisation or registration includes restrictions on advertising to the public due to…
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