A good is subject to drug regulation if:

• it is presented as a drug (therapeutic claims);
• it has a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action on the body.

Article L 5111-1 of the Public Health Code defines a medicinal product as « any substance or composition presented as having curative or preventive properties with regard to human or animal diseases » (medicinal product by presentation) as well as « any substance or composition which may be used in humans or animals or which may be administered to them, with a view to establishing a medical diagnosis or restoring, correcting or modifying their physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action » (medicinal product by function).

If you are traveling with your own medication, for personal use, you must comply with the following conditions:

• Principle: the quantity transported corresponds to the duration of the treatment prescribed on the prescription or, failing that, to three months of treatment.
• Proof: if the duration of treatment exceeds 3 months, you must present the doctor's prescription to customs.

You can only import narcotic or psychotropic drugs if you are carrying them personally. The quantities transported must then be compatible with a personal therapeutic use during the duration of treatment provided for by the prescription or, failing that, for a period of one month of treatment under normal conditions of use.

Case 1 - Traveling to France :

• Principle: the amount transported must be compatible with personal therapeutic use.
• Proof to be presented to customs: the original valid prescription of the doctor is mandatory.

Case 2 - You are traveling to a non-Schengen country with narcotic or psychotropic drugs:

• You must be able to produce the original medical prescription.
• For drugs classified as narcotics, if the authorities of the country of destination require a certificate for entry into the territory, the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM) may issue a transport certificate. Such certificates shall be issued for quantities transported corresponding to a treatment period not exceeding the maximum prescription period.

• The website of the National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products (ANSM)
• The regime for the transport of narcotic drugs by private individuals