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Article L5121-1-4 of the French Public Health Code

When it is drawn up at the request of a patient with a view to use in another Member State of the European Union, the prescription of one of the medicinal products mentioned in 6°, 14° and 15° of Article L. 5121-1, in Article L. 5121-3, and points a and d of paragraph 1 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1394/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2007 on advanced therapy medicinal products and amending Directive 2001/83/EC and Regulation (EC) No 726/2004, mentions the active ingredients of the medicinal product, designated by their international non-proprietary name recommended by the World Health Organisation or, failing this, by their pharmacopoeial name, as well as the brand name and, where applicable, the invented name of the medicinal product prescribed.
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Article L5121-1-4
Lorsqu’elle est établie à la demande d’un patient en vue de l’utiliser dans un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne, la prescription de l’un des médicaments mentionnés aux 6°, 14° et 15° de l’article L. 5121-1, à l’article L. 5121-3, ainsi qu’aux points a et d du 1 de l’article 2 du règlement (CE) n° 1394/2007 du Parlement européen et du Conseil, du 13 novembre 2007, concernant les médicaments de thérapie innovante et modifiant la directive 2001/83/ CE ainsi que le règlement (CE) n° 726/2004, mentionne les principes actifs du médicament, désignés par leur dénomination commune internationale recommandée par l’Organisation mondiale de la santé ou, à défaut, par leur dénomination dans la pharmacopée, ainsi que le nom de marque et, le cas échéant, le nom de fantaisie du médicament prescrit.

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