Article L5423-5 of the French Public Health Code
Failure by a wholesaler-distributor to comply with the public service obligations defined in application of article L. 5124-17-2 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
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Failure by a wholesaler-distributor to comply with the public service obligations defined in application of article L. 5124-17-2 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
Failure to comply with the rules on advertising for pharmaceutical companies and establishments laid down by decree in the Conseil d’Etat in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5124-18 is punishable by a fine of €150,000. The same penalties shall apply, irrespective of the method of advertising used, to persons who profit from irregular advertising and to agents disseminating such advertising. The provisions of the previous paragraph apply when…
When the judicial authority receives a prosecution in application of the articles of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 5423-6, the representative of the State in the département may order the temporary closure of the establishment. Natural persons guilty of an offence under the articles of this chapter, with the exception of article L. 5423-6, incur the additional penalty of temporary or permanent closure of the establishment.
The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° (Repealed) 2° (Repealed) 3° Failure by a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product or product subject to the marketing authorisation provided for in article L. 5121-8 to communicate the date of marketing of the medicinal product or product to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé; 4° Managing a company with at least one…
The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Failure by a marketing authorisation holder or a pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product to constitute the safety stock intended for the national market in application of the second paragraph of article L. 5121-29; 2° Any marketing authorisation holder or pharmaceutical company exploiting a medicinal product of major therapeutic interest mentioned in article L. 5111-4 for which there are…
Opening, operating or transferring a pharmacy without holding a licence pursuant to article L. 5125-18 or despite the suspension or withdrawal of the licence is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.
The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Opening, operating or transferring a pharmacy without holding the licence referred to in article L. 5125-18 or despite the suspension or withdrawal of such licence; 2° Transferring a licence independently of the business to which it relates; 3° (deleted) 4° Failing to hand over the licence to the Regional Health Agency when the pharmacy closes for good; 5° Failing…
The following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty: 1° Not being the owner of the pharmacy of which he is the proprietor or being the owner or co-owner of several pharmacies. However, these provisions do not apply to the cases provided for by the law of 31 December 1990 relating to the practice in the form of companies of liberal professions subject to a legislative or regulatory status…
The following constitutes a breach subject to financial penalties: 1° Selling the medicinal products and products mentioned in article L. 5121-8 at a price higher than that resulting from price regulations; 2° Selling to the public medicinal products, products or objects mentioned in article L. 4211-1 through commission houses, purchasing groups and establishments owned or managed by persons who do not hold one of the diplomas mentioned in article L….
The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €150,000 for a pharmacist: 1° Operating a pharmacy without medicines being prepared by or under the direct supervision of a pharmacist; 2° Dispensing a magistral or officinal preparation containing one or more substances whose use in such preparations is prohibited. 3° Dispensing simple drugs, chemical products or preparations that do not meet the specifications described in the pharmacopoeia;…
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