Law Granting Pharmacists the Freedom to Sell Medicines at a Price Lower than the Tariff Set by the Ministry of Public Health

Type

Law

Number

480

Date of the text

12/12/2002

Official Gazette

published in 2002

Status today

In force, amended as of 27/08/2026

Articles

3

What it provides

This law lets pharmacists sell medicines below the price set by the Ministry of Public Health, treating that price as a maximum, and bans advertising of discounts or sales by any means inside or outside pharmacies.

What has changed this text

• Partly repealed by Law No. 39/2008 of 16/10/2008, articles 1

The full text

This act was published in the Lebanese Official Gazette in 2002. Its full text and the original scan are in the Gherbal National Gazette archive.