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Article L1543-5 of the French Public Health Code

The following are punishable by the penalties laid down in Article L. 1543-3:

1° Falsifying medicinal substances intended for sale ;

2° Exhibiting, offering for sale or selling falsified medicinal substances;

If the falsified medicinal substance is harmful to human health, the penalties are doubled.

These penalties apply even if the harmful falsification is known to the buyer or consumer.

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Article L1543-5

Sont punis des peines prévues à l’article L. 1543-3 :

1° Le fait de falsifier des substances médicamenteuses destinées à être vendues ;

2° Le fait d’exposer, mettre en vente ou vendre des substances médicamenteuses falsifiées ;

Si la substance médicamenteuse falsifiée est nuisible à la santé de l’homme, les peines sont portées au double.

Ces peines sont applicables même au cas où la falsification nuisible est connue de l’acheteur ou du consommateur.

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