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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4a: Compensation for victims of benfluorex

Article L1142-24-1

Without prejudice to any actions that may be brought in accordance with ordinary law, full compensation for damage attributable to benfluorex shall be provided under the conditions set out in this sec…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 4b: Compensation for victims of sodium valproate or its derivatives

Article L1142-24-10

Any person who considers that he or she has suffered harm as a result of one or more malformations or developmental disorders attributable to the prescription, before 31 December 2015, of sodium valpr…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-1-2

GPs regularly inform their patients about gamete donation.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Health policy.

Article L1411-1-2

Health promotion initiatives are based on concerted action and the coordination of all public policies to encourage both the development of individual skills and the creation of physical, social and e…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Central services and inspection

Article L1421-2-1

I.-The visit is authorised by order of the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the premises to be visited are located. The order shall state the address of the pr…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Legal expenses insurance.

Article L127-2-1

For the purposes of this chapter, a claim is deemed to be a refusal to accept a claim made or received by the insured.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L132-23-1

…d of fifteen days, after receiving notice of the death and becoming aware of the beneficiary's details, or at the end of the term of the contract, to ask the beneficiary of the life insurance contract…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section II: Insurance on goods transported by all modes of transport

Article L173-22-1

Suspension and cancellation for non-payment of a premium in respect of property insurance contracts covering damage to goods carried shall have no effect in respect of bona fide third parties who are…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: Administrative authorisation for insurance and reinsurance undertakings with head offices in France

Article L321-1-2

The Autorité de contrôle prudentiel et de résolution shall consult the authority responsible for the supervision of credit institutions or investment firms in the Member State concerned, when deciding…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section IV: Approvals

Article L321-10-2

Where an insurance or reinsurance undertaking expressly renounces one or more authorisations by undertaking not to underwrite any new contracts, does not make use of one or more authorisations within…

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