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Article L4221-1 of the French Public Health Code

No person may practise the profession of pharmacist unless he offers every guarantee of professional morality and meets the following conditions:

1° They hold a diploma, certificate or other qualification mentioned in articles L. 4221-2 to L. 4221-5 ;

2° Be a French national, an Andorran citizen, a national of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, or a national of a country in which French nationals may practise pharmacy if they hold a diploma entitling the nationals of that country to do so;

3° Be registered with the Ordre des pharmaciens.

Pharmacists who hold a diploma, certificate or other qualification mentioned in article L. 4221-2 are exempt from the nationality requirement set out in 2°.

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Article L4221-1

Nul ne peut exercer la profession de pharmacien s’il n’offre toutes garanties de moralité professionnelle et s’il ne réunit les conditions suivantes :

1° Etre titulaire d’un diplôme, certificat ou autre titre mentionnés aux articles L. 4221-2 à L. 4221-5 ;

2° Etre de nationalité française, citoyen andorran, ressortissant d’un Etat membre de l’Union européenne ou partie à l’accord sur l’Espace économique européen, ou ressortissant d’un pays dans lequel les Français peuvent exercer la pharmacie lorsqu’ils sont titulaires du diplôme qui en ouvre l’exercice aux nationaux de ce pays ;

3° Etre inscrit à l’ordre des pharmaciens.

Les pharmaciens titulaires d’un diplôme, certificat ou autre titre mentionnés à l’article L. 4221-2 sont dispensés de la condition de nationalité prévue au 2°.

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