French Consumer Code
In forceAny form of bulk sale is prohibited for the following products:
1° Heat-treated liquid dairy products, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter III of Section IX of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin ;
2° Raw milk, except where it is delivered in bulk directly to the final consumer by the operator who carries out the packaging in full view of the consumer or via an automatic liquid dispenser, in accordance with Article 7 of the Order of 13 July 2012 on the conditions for the production and placing on the market of raw milk from bovine animals, small ruminants and domestic solipeds delivered as such to the final consumer;
3° Infant formulae and follow-on formulae, cereal-based formulae and foodstuffs for babies, foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes, total daily ration substitutes for weight control, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on foodstuffs intended for infants and young children, foodstuffs intended for special medical purposes and substitutes for the total daily ration for weight control as well as foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 of Decree No. 91-827 of 29 August 1991 on foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses ;
4° Feed materials and compound feedingstuffs, with the exception of feedingstuffs listed in paragraph 2 of Article 23 of Regulation (EC) No 767/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the placing on the market and use of feed, placed on the market under conditions meeting the requirements of Annex II of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 laying down requirements for feed hygiene, and without prejudice to 5° ;
5° Raw petfood as defined in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 of 25 February 2011 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down health rules concerning animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption and implementing Council Directive 97/78/EC as regards certain samples and items exempted from veterinary checks at borders under that Directive, in accordance with the provisions of point 1 of Chapter II of Annex XIII to that Regulation, except in retail shops where cutting and storage are carried out exclusively with a view to direct on-the-spot sale to the consumer, in accordance with paragraph 2 i of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 laying down health rules concerning animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption, and without prejudice to 4° ;
6° Additives and premixtures intended for animal feed, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5 of Article 16 of Regulation (EC) No 1831/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2003 on additives for use in animal nutrition ;
7° Food supplements, in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Decree No. 2006-352 of 20 March 2006 on food supplements;
8° Frozen products, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Decree No. 64-949 of 9 September 1964 implementing Article L. 214-1 of the Consumer Code for frozen products;
9° Biocidal products, as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products, if sale in bulk is not explicitly provided for in the marketing authorisation, as well as biocidal products benefiting from the transitional measures provided for in Article 89 of Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 ;
10° Substances or mixtures whose packaging is fitted with a child-resistant closure or bears an indication of danger detectable by touch pursuant to Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, as well as liquid laundry detergents intended for consumers and packaged in single-use soluble packaging pursuant to the same Article ;
11° Batteries and electric accumulators;
12° Among single-use intimate hygiene protection products: tampons;
13° Any product the bulk sale of which is incompatible with the public health obligations laid down in the regulations and directives adopted pursuant to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
