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Article L1543-4 of the French Public Health Code

The penalties provided for in Article L. 1543-3 are doubled: 1° If the offences provided for in the said article have resulted in the use of products being dangerous to human health; 2° If the offence or attempted offence provided for in article L. 1543-4 was committed : a) Using false or inaccurate weights, measures or other instruments ; b) Using manoeuvres or procedures intended to distort the operations of…

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Article L1543-5 of the French Public Health Code

The following are punishable by the penalties laid down in Article L. 1543-3: 1° Falsifying medicinal substances intended for sale ; 2° Exhibiting, offering for sale or selling falsified medicinal substances; If the falsified medicinal substance is harmful to human health, the penalties are doubled. These penalties apply even if the harmful falsification is known to the buyer or consumer.

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Article L1543-6 of the French Public Health Code

Chapters II to IV of Title VII of Book II of this Part shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Article. Articles L. 1272-2 and L. 1272-4 are applicable in French Polynesia in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021. Article L. 1273-3 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia in the version resulting from the…

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Article L1544-2 of the French Public Health Code

Sections 1, 2 and 3 of Chapter II of Title IV of Book I of this Part, with the exception of Articles L. 1142-1-1, L. 1142-2, L. 1142-4, the first two paragraphs of Article L. 1142-8 and Article L. 1142-13, shall apply in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, subject to the adaptations provided for in this Chapter. Article L. 1142-11 is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the…

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Article L1544-3 of the French Public Health Code

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 1142-1 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1142-1. – When the sponsor is not liable, a medical accident, an iatrogenic condition or a nosocomial infection entitles the patient and, in the event of death, his heirs to compensation for damages under national solidarity schemes, when they are directly attributable to acts carried out in the context of research…

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Article L1544-4 of the French Public Health Code

For its application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Article L. 1142-3 is replaced by the following provisions: Art.L. 1142-3. – Where the promoter is not liable, victims may be compensated by the Office national d’indemnisation des accidents médicaux, des affections iatrogènes et des infections nosocomiales, in accordance with the provisions of article L. 1142-1 as it applies in New Caledonia and French Polynesia. To assert their rights, victims apply…

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Article L1544-5 of the French Public Health Code

For the application in New Caledonia of article L. 1142-7, the first sentence of the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: “The matter may be referred to the commission by any person who considers that he or she has suffered damage as a result of research involving the human person or, where applicable, by his or her legal representative. “ For the application in French Polynesia of Article…

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Article L1544-6 of the French Public Health Code

For the application in New Caledonia and French Polynesia of article L. 1142-14, the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions: Where the Commission considers that the sponsor is liable for damage covered by article L. 1142-3, as applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, the insurer of the sponsor of research involving the human person shall, within four months of the date of receipt of the opinion, make…

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