French Public Health Code
In forceThe following constitutes a breach subject to a financial penalty:
1° Opening, operating or transferring a pharmacy without holding the licence referred to in article L. 5125-18 or despite the suspension or withdrawal of such licence;
2° Transferring a licence independently of the business to which it relates;
3° (deleted)
4° Failing to hand over the licence to the Regional Health Agency when the pharmacy closes for good;
5° Failing to comply with the rules relating to the creation and transfer of pharmacies or the minimum conditions for setting up a pharmacy, as determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat pursuant to 1° of article L. 5125-32 ;
6° To set up or take over a pharmacy that has been open for less than three years, individually or as part of a company, without being a pharmacist of French nationality, or a national of one of the Member States of the European Union or one of the other States party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and without holding a French State diploma as a doctor of pharmacy or pharmacist or one of the qualifications and certificates provided for in articles L. 4221-4 and L. 4221-5 ;
7° After the death of a pharmacist, for his spouse or heirs, to keep a pharmacy open without complying with the provisions of article L. 5125-16;
8° Failing to comply with the rules relating to advertising for pharmacies, laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat in application of the provisions of article L. 5125-32;
9° Failing to send the Regional Health Agency the declaration of the number and names of pharmacists working in the pharmacy, as well as the information relating to its activity provided for in article L. 5125-15.
