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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 2: Prohibition on movement on French territory

Article L251-4

The administrative authority may, by reasoned decision, attach to the decision imposing an obligation to leave French territory issued on the basis of 2° or 3° of Article

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French Code governing the entry and residence of foreign nationals and the right of asylumIn force
Subsection 1: Voluntary departure period

Article L251-3

…by this book have a period of voluntary departure of one month from notification of the decision to comply with the obligation to leave French territory.The administrative authority may only reduce th…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Information obligations where one of the payment service providers involved in the transaction is located in Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon or outside the European Economic Area

Article L314-15

…vider involved in the transaction is located in a State that is not a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, regardless of the currency used for the payment transaction.

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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 L1126-17

The investigator may ask the person taking part in a performance study, at the time he or she gives informed consent, to agree to his or her data being used in subsequent research exclusively for scie…

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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 L1126-20

…arried out a performance study in breach of Articles 59 to 62 of Regulation (EU) No 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 and Article L. 1126-6, is punishable by three…

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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 L1126-24

…e organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court has sole jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulting from a performance study. This action is time-barred under the con…

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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 L1126-8

The promoter is responsible for compensating for the harmful consequences of the performance study for the person taking part in it and their dependants, unless it can prove that the damage is not att…

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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 L1126-18

I.-The Data Protection Committee will give its opinion on the conditions for the validity of the performance study, in particular with regard to : the protection of individuals, in particular the prot…

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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 L1126-26

…or in a health establishment or army hospital with an in-house pharmacy, failure by the promoter to communicate in advance to the pharmacist managing this pharmacy the data relating to performance stu…

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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 L1126-9

The performance study does not give rise to any direct or indirect financial compensation for the persons taking part, apart from the reimbursement of expenses incurred and, where applicable, compensa…

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