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French Consumer CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Inspection of products before release for free circulation

Article L511-17

Officers are empowered to carry out checks on the conformity of fresh fruit and vegetables with the marketing standards provided for in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 of 7 June 20…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Resale of second-hand medical devices

Article R5212-35-2

…n equivalent to that sought by these provisions; 3° The second-hand medical device is placed on the market for the first time on the territory of a Member State of the European Union or a party to the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-191

In health establishments and health cooperation groups authorised under article L. 6133-7 to carry out the tasks of these establishments which do not have an in-house pharmacy which hold blood-derived…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-187

In healthcare establishments and other establishments with an in-house pharmacy, blood-derived medicinal products are dispensed by the in-house pharmacy on the basis of a medical prescription.The in-h…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Interregional coordination

Article D1432-53-1

The regional health agency of the region in which the river basin committee mentioned in…

AI translation · Updated 4 Nov 2023Open Article
French Consumer CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Fraud

Article L454-4

The fines provided for in articles L. 454-1 to L. 454-3 may be increased, in a manner that is proportionate to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on t…

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French Consumer CodeIn force
Section 2: Falsifications

Article L451-5

The amount of the fines provided for in articles L. 451-1 to L. 451-4 may be increased, in proportion to the benefits derived from the offence, to 10% of average annual turnover, calculated on the bas…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Defects in consent

Article 1143

Violence also exists when a party, abusing the state of dependence in which his co-contractor finds himself towards him, obtains from him a commitment which he would not have entered into in the absen…

AI translation · Updated 7 Nov 2023Open Article
French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Local biovigilance system

Article R1211-38

…1211-32, ensures that a procedure is put in place to prevent the use of the elements, products or derivatives mentioned in 1° of I of Article R. 1211-29 likely to present a quality or safety defect.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Monitoring of blood-derived medicinal products

Article R5121-189

When the in-house pharmacy dispenses a blood-derived medicinal product directly to a patient, the information referred to in article R. 5121-187 is transcribed onto a special register marked and initi…

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