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Article R5211-69 of the French Public Health Code

The systems and kits are accompanied by the information mentioned in Article R. 5211-22, including, where applicable, the information supplied by the manufacturers of the devices that have been assembled. They do not have to carry an additional CE marking.

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Article R5211-70 of the French Public Health Code

Prescriptions for medical devices issued at the request of a patient with a view to obtaining a supply in another Member State of the European Union must include the following information: 1° The surname and forenames, position and, where applicable, the title or speciality of the prescriber, his professional address specifying “France”, his telephone number preceded by the international dialling code “+ 33” and his e-mail address, his signature, as…

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Article R5211-71 of the French Public Health Code

When the prescription includes the information provided for in 1°, subject to adaptation of the country information, to 3° of Article R. 5211-70, persons legally authorised to supply medical devices may refuse to supply these products, prescribed in another Member State of the European Union by a healthcare professional legally authorised or empowered to prescribe medical devices in that State, only if it appears to them that the interests of…

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Article R5212-1 of the French Public Health Code

The purpose of materiovigilance is to monitor incidents or risks of incidents resulting from the use of medical devices which are defined in article L. 5211-1 and come under this title by virtue of articles R. 5211-1 to R. 5211-3. It is carried out on medical devices after they have been placed on the market.

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Article R5212-2 of the French Public Health Code

Materiovigilance involves : 1° Reporting and recording the incidents or risks of incidents mentioned in articles R. 5212-14 and R. 5212-15; 2° Recording, evaluating and using this information for prevention purposes; 3° Carrying out any studies or work relating to the safe use of medical devices; 4° Carrying out and monitoring any corrective action decided upon.

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Article R5212-3 of the French Public Health Code

The exercise of material vigilance may involve, in addition to the communication by the manufacturer of the documents mentioned in Article R. 5211-26, access to data in the pre-clinical experimental file and to data relating to clinical investigations, in particular the report on clinical investigations mentioned in Article R. 5211-37 and the information listed in Article R. 5211-38, as well as access to information relating to the design, manufacture, storage,…

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Article R5212-5 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé (French National Agency for the Safety of Medicines and Health Products) carries out his duties relating to material vigilance under the conditions defined in Article R. 5311-2 and ensures compliance with the monitoring procedures organised by this chapter. It informs the manufacturer(s) concerned when the facts reported are brought to its attention by a…

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Article R5212-6 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé shall inform without delay of any incident or risk of incident defined in Article L. 5212-2: the Etablissement Français du Sang (French Blood Establishment), with regard to medical devices used in the collection, manufacture and administration of blood-derived products; -the Agence de la biomédecine, for medical devices used in the collection, processing, preservation and…

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Article R5212-12 of the French Public Health Code

Any health establishment or health cooperation group which uses or supplies medical devices or makes such devices available to its members, as well as any association distributing medical devices at home and appearing on a list drawn up by the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, must appoint a local materialovigilance correspondent. However, below an activity threshold set by order of…

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