Producers or manufacturers of essences that may be used in the manufacture of alcoholic beverages, such as essences of aniseed, star anise, fennel and hyssop, as well as producers or manufacturers of anethol, are prohibited from selling or offering said products free of charge to any persons other than beverage manufacturers acting as warehousekeepers vis-à-vis the indirect taxation authorities, pharmacists, perfumers, manufacturers of food or industrial products and direct export traders.
All these categories are prohibited from reselling these products in kind on the domestic market, with the exception of pharmacists, who may only dispense them on medical prescription and must enter the relevant prescriptions in their prescription register.
Without prejudice to the prohibitions mentioned in 2° of article 1812 of the general tax code, the conditions under which the essences mentioned in the first paragraph of this article as well as essences of absinthe and assimilated products or products likely to replace them, may, in any form whatsoever, be imported, manufactured, put into circulation, held or sold, are fixed by decree in the Council of Ministers.