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Article L1544-8 of the French Public Health Code

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 1142-21 is replaced by the following provisions:

Art.L. 1142-21. – When the competent court, seised of a claim for compensation for the harmful consequences of research involving the human person, considers that the damage suffered is compensable under Article L. 1142-1, in the version applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the Office shall be summoned to the case if it was not initially summoned. It becomes a defendant in the proceedings.

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Article L1544-8

Pour son application en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française, l’article L. 1142-21 est remplacé par les dispositions suivantes :

Art.L. 1142-21. ― Lorsque la juridiction compétente, saisie d’une demande d’indemnisation des conséquences dommageables d’une recherche impliquant la personne humaine estime que les dommages subis sont indemnisables au titre de l’article L. 1142-1, dans sa rédaction applicable en Nouvelle-Calédonie et en Polynésie française, l’office est appelé en la cause s’il ne l’avait pas été initialement. Il devient défendeur en la procédure.

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