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Article L5432-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

I. – The following offences are punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000: manufacturing, importing, exporting, transporting, offering, transferring, acquiring, possessing, using illegally or obtaining delivery by means of fictitious prescriptions or prescriptions of convenience: 1° Substances, plants or preparations included in lists I and II or classified as psychotropic substances mentioned in article L. 5132-1; 2° Medicinal products mentioned in article L. 5111-1, when these products…

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Article L5432-4 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

For the criminal offences mentioned in this chapter, 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, from exercising a commercial or industrial profession, from directing, administering,…

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Article L5432-5 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

Legal entities held criminally liable, under the conditions set out in article 121-2 of the French Criminal Code, for the offences defined in this chapter shall incur, in addition to the fine set out in article 131-38 of the French Criminal Code, the penalty set out in 2° to 9° of article 131-39 of the same Code.

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Article L5434-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

Any offence relating to the advertising of contraceptive products and articles other than medicines is punishable in accordance with the provisions of articles L. 5422-5 and L. 5422-6. However, only the provisions of article L. 5422-6 are applicable to offences relating to the advertising of condoms.

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Article L5435-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

The sale by manufacturers and dealers in gynaecological equipment of medical devices that can be used for the voluntary interruption of pregnancy to persons who are not members of the medical profession or who do not themselves sell such devices is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000. Natural and legal persons are also liable to the following penalties: 1° Confiscation of the medical devices seized ;…

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Article L5437-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

Infringements relating to tattooing products, as provided for in this chapter and in the regulations adopted for its application, shall be investigated and recorded in accordance with the provisions of article L. 5431-1 relating to cosmetic products.

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Article L5437-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000: 1° For the person responsible for an establishment manufacturing, packaging or importing tattoo products, to open, operate or extend the activity of an establishment to include such operations, without first making a declaration to the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products)…

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Article L5437-3 of the French Public Health Code

November 6, 2023

Natural persons guilty of the offences defined in article L. 5437-2 are also liable to the following additional penalties: 1° Dissemination of the sentencing decision and of one or more messages informing the public of this decision, in accordance with the conditions set out in article 131-35 of the French Criminal Code; 2° Posting of the sentenced decision, in accordance with the conditions and under the penalties set out in…

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