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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Apprenticeship programme authorisation procedure

Article R1161-16

…by the company marketing the medicinal product; 6° The follow-up report referred to in article R. 1161-25, in the event of an application for renewal of authorisation; 7° Authorisation from the Commi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Biological analyses and screening tests.

Article D1221-16

Blood and its components may only be transferred to an educational establishment or vocational training organisation for teaching purposes, to the exclusion of any administration to humans, and on con…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Budgetary and accounting organisation

Article R1222-16

Within the provisional statement of revenue and expenditure, the financial charges arising from the transfer to the establishment of obligations towards the victims of transfusion contamination are ma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 3: Removal of organs for scientific purposes.

Article R1232-16

The Director General of the Agency will issue an acknowledgement of receipt when the dossier referred to in Article R. 1232-15 is complete and will simultaneously send this dossier to the Minister for…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Conditions for authorisation.

Article R1243-16

Applicant establishments or organisations have premises that guarantee the quality and safety of tissues or their derivatives or cell therapy preparations, in accordance with the rules of good practic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Provisions relating to the entry into national territory of the elements or products of the human body mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they are not authorised in the Member State of origin

Article R1245-16

I. - The Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé will notify the applicant of his decision within three months of the date on which the application…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: The person responsible

Article R1261-16

I.-The person in charge of the special purpose entity refers programmes and projects it receives to the Ethics, Science and Teaching Committee for its opinion, under the conditions set out in article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Health checks and surveillance

Article R1321-16

The programme of analyses of water samples taken from production and distribution facilities may be modified by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, on his own initiative or at the requ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Board of Directors

Article R1313-16

Decisions relating to the budget and the financial account are enforceable under the conditions set out in Title III of Decree no. 2012-1246 of 7 November 2012 relating to public budgetary and account…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Health emergence perimeter

Article R1322-16

The decree authorising the use of a natural mineral water source determines a sanitary perimeter around the spring where the owner must have full ownership of each spring or acquire easements guarante…

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