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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Specific provisions applicable to clinical investigations of devices referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2017

Article L1125-24

…hose civil liability is not covered by the insurance provided for in the third paragraph of article L. 1125-9 shall be punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of 15,000 euros.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Aggravated risks

Article L1141-4

The monitoring and proposals body mentioned in 10° of article L. 1141-2-1 sends an evaluation report to the Government and Parliament no later than three months before the agreement expires.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Municipalities and their groupings

Article L1422-2

The procedures for applying article L. 1422-1 and in particular the conditions required to perform the duties of director of a municipal or inter-municipal health and hygiene service are determined by…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Donation and use of elements and products of the human body.

Article L1522-10

Title VI of Book II of this Part is applicable to Wallis and Futuna.Article L. 1261-1 shall apply there in the version resulting from Law no. 2021-1017 of 2 August 2021.

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Section I: General provisions.

Article L310-6

…may not carry on in the territory of the French Republic any of the operations mentioned in Article L. 310-1 or reinsurance operations unless it complies with the provisions of its national legislatio…

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French Insurance CodeIn force
Title Ia: Home insurance

Article L215-4

The conditions under which the central pricing office referred to in Article L. 215-1 is set up and the rules governing its operation are laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat.

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French Tourism CodeIn force
Chapter 3: Provisions relating to Mayotte.

Article L163-3

As part of the powers devolved to it by article L. 163-2, the General Council defines the medium-term objectives for the development of tourism in Mayotte. It draws up a tourism development plan for M…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter IV: Contract amendment

Article L2194-2

…ntain the financial equilibrium of the contract, in accordance with the provisions of 4° of Article L. 6.

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Provisions specific to Book III

Article L2633-1

For the application of article L. 2341-1 in Saint-Martin, the references to articles 1741 to 1743, 1746 and 1747 of the General Tax Code are replaced by references with the same purpose applicable loc…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Section 4: Portion of the contract performed by third parties

Article L3114-10

…not considered to be third parties, nor are companies linked to them within the meaning of Article L. 3211-8.

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