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Article L1338-4 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

I.-Infringements of the regulations adopted in application of articles L. 1338-1 and L. 1338-2 are investigated and recorded by officers and agents of the judicial police in accordance with the Code of Criminal Procedure and by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1421-1 and L. 1435-7, State agents approved and commissioned by the Minister for Agriculture, the agents mentioned inarticle L. 172-1 of the Environmental Code and the environmental inspectors…

Article L1338-5 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Where necessary, the conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.

Article L1340-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

For the purposes of this Title, the definitions of the terms used are those set out in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures.

Article L1340-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The purpose of toxicovigilance is to monitor and assess the acute or chronic toxic effects on humans of exposure to an article, mixture or substance, whether natural or synthetic, available on the market or present in the environment, with a view to taking warning and preventive action. This chapter applies subject to the provisions relating to other vigilance systems regulated by this Code.

Article L1340-4 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Healthcare professionals report cases of human intoxication caused by any substance, mixture or article of which they are aware to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance.

Article L1340-5 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Manufacturers, importers, downstream users or distributors shall declare to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance any cases of human intoxication of which they are aware and which are induced by a substance or mixture for which they have transmitted information pursuant to articles L. 1341-1 and L. 1342-1, and shall keep the information in their possession.

Article L1340-6 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The conditions for the application of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, in particular : 1° The organisation of the toxicovigilance system ; 2° The conditions under which the confidentiality with regard to third parties of information covered by medical secrecy or industrial secrecy transmitted pursuant to articles L. 1340-4 and L. 1340-5 is preserved; 3° The conditions for sharing information between the bodies responsible for…

Article L1341-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Manufacturers, importers or downstream users of any substance or mixture shall communicate, as soon as they receive a request to do so, to the bodies responsible for toxicovigilance or to any other competent body designated by regulation, the information necessary to prescribe preventive and curative measures, in particular in the event of a health emergency.

Article L1341-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d’Etat, in particular: 1° The definition of the information to be transmitted to the bodies mentioned in article L. 1341-1 ; 2° The conditions under which the confidentiality with regard to third parties of information covered by industrial secrecy transmitted pursuant to the same article L. 1341-1 is preserved.

Article L1342-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Importers or downstream users who place on the market mixtures classified as hazardous because of their health or physical effects shall draw up a single declaration in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures, amending and repealing Directives 67/548/EEC and 1999/45/EC, and amending Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006. This declaration is…

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Article L1338-4 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1338-5 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1340-1 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1340-2 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1340-4 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1340-5 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1340-6 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1341-1 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1341-2 of the French Public Health Code

Article L1342-1 of the French Public Health Code

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