Failure to comply with an order to suspend, modify or withdraw an authorisation issued by the Agency pursuant to articles L. 5145-3 and L. 5145-4 is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
The extemporaneous preparation or possession of veterinary medicinal products for the purpose of selling or supplying them, whether free of charge or for consideration, by any person other than those mentioned in article L. 5143-2 or those belonging to an establishment authorised to prepare them under subcontracting in accordance with the conditions set out in article L. 5143-9-1, is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros….
The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and 30,000 euros: 1° Soliciting orders for veterinary medicinal products from the public or fulfilling orders for veterinary medicinal products following such solicitations; 2° For any person other than a veterinarian, selling veterinary medicinal products from their home; 3° Selling veterinary medicines on the public highway, at fairs, markets and public events, free of charge or for consideration, to any person, including…
Where the judicial authority is prosecuted for an infringement of the provisions of this chapter, the administrative authority may, if the interests of public hygiene or animal health so require, order the temporary closure of the establishment. Natural persons guilty of an offence under this chapter shall incur the additional penalty of temporary or permanent closure of the establishment. A decree in the Conseil d’Etat shall lay down the procedures…
In the event of a conviction for infringement of the conditions governing advertising of veterinary medicinal products, the court may prohibit the sale of the product irregularly advertised. The penalties laid down for breaches of the conditions governing advertising of veterinary medicinal products shall apply to persons benefiting from irregular advertising and to agents disseminating such advertising.
The following is punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 30,000 euros for the legal representative of a group referred to in article L. 5143-6 : 1° Purchasing, holding or supplying veterinary medicinal products to members of the group without the group having been approved for this purpose by the administrative authority; 2° Purchasing, holding or supplying veterinary medicinal products containing substances that are subject to special obligat…
I.-The following offences are punishable by two years’ imprisonment and a fine of 150,000 euros: 1° Any person prescribing veterinary medicinal products or medicated feedstuffs to animals for which they do not personally provide care or whose health surveillance and regular monitoring are not entrusted to them, or without writing a prescription in the cases and in accordance with the procedures set out in articles L. 5143-5 and L. 5143-6,…
The following is punishable by three years’ imprisonment and a fine of €45,000: 1° Directly administering to an animal a veterinary medicinal product intended for the manufacture of medicated feedingstuffs in breach of Article 5(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018; 2° Delivering a veterinary medicinal product intended for the manufacture of medicated feedingstuffs to a person other than a manufacturer of medicated feedingstuffs or an intermediate product…
I.-A fine of €37,500 is imposed on the companies mentioned in Article L. 5142-1 for offering or providing benefits, in kind or in cash, to the professionals mentioned in Article L. 5143-2, the groups mentioned in Article L. 5143-6, the professionals mentioned in Article L. 235-1 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and practising on-farm mixing within the meaning of Regulation (EU) 2019/4 of 11 December 2018 or the…
The manufacture, distribution, advertising, offer for sale, sale, import and export of falsified medicinal products defined in article L. 5111-3 for veterinary use are punishable by five years’ imprisonment and a fine of €375,000. These penalties are increased to seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of €750,000 when: 1° The falsified medicinal product is dangerous to animal or human health or to the environment; 2° The offences provided for in…
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