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Article L1125-25 of the French Public Health Code

Notwithstanding article 13 of the law of 16 and 24 August 1790 on the organisation of the judiciary, the judicial court alone has jurisdiction to rule on any action for compensation for damage resulting from a clinical investigation; this action is time-barred under the conditions set out in article 2226 of the Civil Code.

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Article L1125-26 of the French Public Health Code

In the context of a clinical investigation involving an intervention that is not justified by the patient’s usual care and that involves risks and constraints that are not minimal, failure by the sponsor to provide the investigators, free of charge for the duration of the clinical investigation, with the medical devices that are the subject of the clinical investigation is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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Article L1125-27 of the French Public Health Code

Where a clinical investigation is carried out at the Institution nationale des invalides or in a health establishment or army hospital with an in-house pharmacy, failure by the sponsor to communicate in advance to the pharmacist managing this pharmacy the data relating to clinical investigations falling into one of the categories mentioned in the first paragraph of article L. 5126-7 is punishable by a fine of 30,000 euros.

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Article L1125-28 of the French Public Health Code

Failure to comply with paragraph 1 of Article 77 and paragraph 2 of Article 80 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, on the communication of information intended to be made available to the public in the electronic system provided for in Article 73 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU), is punishable by one year’s imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.

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Article L1125-29 of the French Public Health Code

The provisions of Section 3 of Chapter III of Title II of Law No. 78-17 of 6 January 1978, as amended, relating to information technology, files and freedoms, as well as the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data,…

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Article L1125-31 of the French Public Health Code

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter shall be determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat and in particular: 1° The procedures applicable to the coordinated assessment procedure described in Article 78 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017; 2° The conditions applicable to the appeals provided for in Article L. 1125-4; 3° The minimum guarantees for the insurance…

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Article L1126-1 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The performance reviews of the devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017 shall be governed by the provisions of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) and those of this chapter. II.-The competent authority for carrying out the scientific review as part of the evaluation of the application for a performance study provided for in paragraph 3 of…

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Article L1126-2 of the French Public Health Code

Pursuant to Articles 58,66 and 70 of Regulation (EU) 2017/746 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017, before carrying out a performance study, the sponsor shall submit the project for the opinion of a personal data protection committee appointed at random from among the committees available and having the necessary competence to examine the project, under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1123-14 or…

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Article L1126-3 of the French Public Health Code

Once the Committee for the Protection of Individuals has issued a favourable opinion and the performance study has been authorised, where applicable, by the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, any substantial modification at the initiative of the sponsor must obtain a favourable opinion from the Committee for the Protection of Individuals prior to its implementation and, in the case of performance studies mentioned in…

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