The presence of an information leaflet for the user in the packaging of any medicinal product or product is compulsory, unless the information referred to in article R. 5121-149 appears directly on the outer packaging or the immediate packaging.
It must be written in French, in terms that are easy for the user to understand and sufficiently legible, taking into account the results of consultation with groups of patients.
It may also be written in several other languages, provided that the same information appears in all the languages used.
When the medicinal product is not intended to be delivered directly to the patient or when it is made available to the patient on an exceptional basis, in particular due to the unavailability of a medicinal product with a marketing authorisation in France, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé may, subject to the measures he deems necessary to protect human health, waive the obligation to include certain information and to draft the package leaflet in French.
The marketing authorisation holder shall ensure that the package leaflet is available, at the request of patient organisations, in formats suitable for the blind and partially sighted.