French Public Health Code
In forcePrivate individuals may only import a medicinal product in a quantity compatible with personal therapeutic use for a period of treatment not exceeding three months under normal conditions of use, or for the period of treatment stipulated in the prescription prescribing the medicinal product. If they transport this medicine personally, they are exempt from authorisation.
When they import medicinal products by means other than personal transport, they are exempt from import authorisation under the conditions set out in article L. 5124-13. A sports team doctor who personally transports a medicinal product or who imports a medicinal product by another means is exempt from authorisation under the same conditions.
Where authorisation is required, it may be issued for a series of import operations. The authorisation specifies the number of operations envisaged, corresponding to the duration of treatment provided for in the prescription prescribing the medicinal product, as well as the overall quantity of the medicinal product in question that may be imported and the period during which the operations may be carried out.
Importation may be prohibited by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé if the medicinal product presents or is likely to present a risk to public health, including in cases where import authorisation is not required.
