The provisions of this section apply to the medicinal products mentioned in Article L. 5111-1, where these medicinal products :
1° Are classified, by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, in lists I or II defined in article L. 5132-6, or as narcotic or psychotropic drugs ;
2° Or contain one or more substances or preparations classified, by decision of the Director General of the Agency, in the same lists I or II or as narcotics or psychotropic substances.
When the substances, preparations or medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2°, classified as narcotic or psychotropic, are used in veterinary medicine, the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) seeks the opinion of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l’alimentation, de l’environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety) before making a decision.
The substances, preparations or medicinal products mentioned in 1° and 2°, which are used in veterinary medicine, are classified in lists I or II defined in article L. 5132-6 by order of the Minister for Health, on a proposal from the Director General of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety.
The medicinal products mentioned in the previous paragraphs may be subject to a classification other than that of the classified substance(s) or preparation(s) they contain. They are then subject to the rules relating to the classification mentioned in 1° above.
When a non-classified medicinal product contains several substances or preparations with different classifications, it is subject to the most stringent regime relating to the classification of these substances or preparations in the following descending order: narcotic, list I, list II.