Section 1: Public declaration of interests

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Article R1451-3

French Public Health CodeIn force
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Updated 4 Nov 2023

I.-Declarations of interest are drawn up and updated, in accordance with the specifications set out in the standard document provided for in II of article R. 1451-2, by electronic declaration on a single website.

They are updated on the declarant's initiative whenever there is a change in his situation. In all cases, declarants are required to check their declarations annually.

II - All public declarations of interest governed by the provisions of this section are made public on the single website mentioned in I for the duration of the functions or mission for which they have been drawn up and for five years following the end of these functions or mission.

III - An order of the ministers responsible for health and social security, issued after consultation with the Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés, determines the operating conditions of the site mentioned in I, in particular:

1° The authority responsible for it ;

2° The procedures for the preparation, authentication and secure transmission of electronic declarations;

3° The conditions under which the administrations, authorities, establishments or public interest groupings mentioned in I of Article L. 1451-1 have access, each in its own right, to the declaration of interests;

4° The conditions under which the persons mentioned in 7° of the I of Article R. 1451-2 are informed of the collection and publication of data concerning them.

The authority responsible for the single website shall take the necessary technical measures to ensure the integrity of the site on which it publishes the declarations of interests, the security and protection of only the data enabling direct identification of the person against indexing by external search engines and the confidentiality of the data that is not made public. It shall comply with the provisions of Law no. 78-17 of 6 January 1978 relating to information technology, files and civil liberties by completing with the Commission nationale de l'informatique et des libertés the formalities required for the processing of data that it implements for the application of this section.

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