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French Labour CodeIn force
Section 3: Difficulties in formation and operation.

Article L1423-10-1

In the event of an interruption in the operation of the industrial tribunal or serious difficulties making it impossible to operate under normal conditions, the first president of the court of appeal…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Provisions relating to Mayotte

Article L1524-2

For the application in Mayotte of articles L. 1225-10 and L. 1225-14, the words: "l'allocation journalière prévue à l'article L. 333-1 of the Social Security Code" are replaced by the words: "the dail…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-13

No clinical investigation may be carried out on a deceased person, in a state of brain death, without his or her consent expressed during his or her lifetime or through the testimony of his or her fam…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Informing and obtaining the consent of the person undergoing research involving the human person

Article L1122-1-4

In the case of research involving the human person mentioned in 2° of Article L. 1121-1 , the methodological requirements of which are not compatible with obtaining consent under the conditions provid…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-14

With a view to the application of the provisions of the first paragraph of article L. 1125-6 and article L. 1125-7, a national register shall be kept of persons who are free of any disease and who vol…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Special provisions applicable to studies of the performance of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1126-12

No performance study may be carried out on a deceased person in a state of brain death without his or her consent expressed during his or her lifetime or through the testimony of his or her family. Ho…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Judgment on liability

Article L1143-3

In the same decision, the court finds that the conditions mentioned in article L. 1143-2 have been met and rules on the defendant's liability in the light of the individual cases presented by the clai…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Blood.

Article L1271-5

Altering or attempting to alter the characteristics of a person's blood prior to sampling in breach of the provisions of article L. 1221-6 is punishable by a fine of 45,000 euros. In the event of a re…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4: Reducing public exposure to radon

Article L1333-23

Organisations involved in radon monitoring are authorised : 1° to carry out measurements of radon activity in built-up areas ; 2° To analyse radon activity measurements. These bodies transmit the resu…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VIII: Control of plant and animal species harmful to human health

Article L1338-3

Any distributor or seller of plants likely to be harmful to human health is required to inform the purchaser, prior to the conclusion of the sale, of the risks to human health and, where appropriate,…

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