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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 L1126-22

The following is punishable by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros: 1° Without having obtained the favourable opinion of a committee for the protection of individuals and, in the case o…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Procedures for implementing genetic characteristic tests and identifications by genetic fingerprinting and informing next of kin

Article L1131-2-2

Any breach, observed in an establishment, a health cooperation group or a laboratory, of the legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to the examination of genetic characteristics for medica…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-22

Any premises, facility, immovable property or group of premises, facilities or immovable property, whether vacant or not, that constitutes, either by itself or due to the conditions in which it is occ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Combating the presence of asbestos

Article L1334-16

In an emergency, the representative of the State may: 1° Have the owner or, failing that, the operator of the building concerned carry out, at the owner's or operator's expense, the surveys and diagno…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Health protection and the environment.

Article L1523-4

For its application in the territory of the Wallis and Futuna Islands, article L. 1311-4 reads as follows: "Art. L. 1311-4 -In the event of an emergency, i.e. an epidemic or other imminent danger to p…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter III: Obligations of the insurer and the insured.

Article L113-8

Independently of the ordinary grounds for nullity, and subject to the provisions of article L. 132-26, the insurance contract is null and void in the event of concealment or intentional misrepresentat…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section VI: Intervention by the fund in the event of the withdrawal of an insurance undertaking's administrative authorisation

Article L421-9-6

A decree in the Conseil d'Etat specifies : 1° The conditions and ceilings for compensation per policyholder, subscriber or beneficiary, the procedures and deadlines for compensation and the rules rela…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Liability insurance

Article L512-6

All insurance or reinsurance intermediaries and all insurance intermediaries acting in an ancillary capacity must take out an insurance policy covering them against the financial consequences of their…

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French Civil Aviation CodeIn force
CHAPTER I: DEFINITIONS - GENERAL RULES FOR CREATION, USE AND CONTROL.

Article L211-2

The technical standards with an impact on safety applicable to the development, design and operation of civil aerodromes and civil areas of aerodromes open to commercial air traffic for which the Mini…

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French Cinema and Moving Image CodeIn force
Section 1: Tax on admission prices to screenings organised by cinema operators

Article L115-1

The proceeds of a tax based on admission prices to screenings organised by operators of cinematographic establishments located in mainland France or in overseas departments, regardless of the method o…

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