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Any substance or composition presented as having curative or preventive properties in respect of human or animal diseases which may be used in humans with a view to restoring, correcting or restoring their physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action, or to making a medical diagnosis.

Cosmetics article L5131-1 of the CSP:
Any substance or mixture intended to be placed in contact with the various superficial parts of the human body, in particular the epidermis, the hair and capillary systems, the nails, the lips and the external genital organs, or with the teeth and oral mucous membranes, with a view, exclusively or mainly, to cleaning them, perfuming them, modifying their appearance, protecting them, keeping them in good condition or correcting body odours.

Decrees 2011 n°2011-385 and n°2011-329.
Is a foodstuff whose purpose is to supplement the normal diet and which constitute a concentrated source of nutrients or other substances with a nutritional or physiological effect and marketed in dose form, namely capsules, pastilles, tablets, pills and other similar forms, as well as sachets of powder, ampoules of liquid, vials with a dropper and other similar forms of liquid or powder preparations intended to be taken in units.

Medical device means any instrument, apparatus, equipment, material, product or other article used alone or in combination, including accessories and software necessary for its proper functioning, which is intended by the manufacturer to be used in humans for medical purposes and whose principal intended action is not obtained by pharmacological or immunological means or by metabolism, but whose function can be assisted by such means. Software intended by the manufacturer to be used specifically for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes also constitutes a medical device. This allows us to distinguish between active medical devices (injectable HA for wrinkle filling) III, invasive medical devices (dermatome) IIa, implantable medical devices (breast prosthesis) III, in vitro diagnostic medical devices (pregnancy test) IIb, active implantable medical devices (IUD) III, IV classes of medical devices: Class I, Class IIa, Class IIb, Class III.