I.-The companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products are required to make public the existence of the agreements they have entered into with :
1° The professionals mentioned in article L. 5143-2 and the groups mentioned in article L. 5143-6, as well as the associations representing them ;
2° Students intending to become veterinary surgeons or pharmacists, and the associations representing them;
3° Higher education establishments training veterinary surgeons;
4° Higher education establishments training pharmacists;
5° Academies, foundations, learned societies and consultancy companies or organisations involved in the sector of products or services mentioned in the first paragraph of this I ;
6° Press publishers, publishers of radio or television services and publishers of online public communication services;
7° Legal entities other than those mentioned in 3° and 4° of this I providing initial or continuing training for the professionals mentioned in article L. 5143-2 and the groups mentioned in article L. 5143-6, or participating in such training;
8° Publishers of software to assist in prescribing and dispensing medicinal products.
The obligation mentioned in the first paragraph of this I does not apply to agreements governed by articles L. 441-3 and L. 441-9 of the French Commercial Code, the purpose of which is the purchase of goods or services by the natural or legal persons mentioned in 1° to 8° of this I from the companies mentioned in the first paragraph.
Ia – Companies producing or marketing veterinary medicinal products or providing services associated with these products are required to make public, above a threshold set by decree, the remuneration paid to natural or legal persons under the agreements mentioned in I.
II – The companies mentioned in I must inform the public benefiting from training or training support under this agreement of the existence of one of these agreements.
III -They shall make public, above a threshold set by decree, all benefits in kind or in cash other than the remuneration mentioned in Ia that they provide, directly or indirectly, to the natural and legal persons mentioned in I.
IV – A decree in the Conseil d’Etat sets the conditions for application of this article, the nature of the information that must be made public, in particular the purpose and date of the agreements mentioned in I, the conditions for guaranteeing respect for business secrecy and the confidentiality of research or scientific evaluation work, as well as the deadlines and procedures for publication and updating of this information.