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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Common provisions

Article R1173-1

The decisions referred to in this chapter are taken jointly by the director general of the regional health agency and the rector of the academic region, who designate the department responsible for ex…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions.

Article R1243-1

I.-The provisions of this section apply to the activities mentioned in Article L. 1243-2 relating to the preparation, preservation, distribution or transfer of tissues, their derivatives, cells or cel…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1233-1

For the application of the provisions of this section, samples taken in the context of biomedical research as defined in Article L. 1121-1 shall be regarded as samples taken for therapeutic purposes.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General principles

Article R1261-1

I.-A person of full age who wishes to donate his or her body after his or her death for the purposes of medical teaching and research in application of article L. 1261-1 shall request information from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1245-1

The provisions of this chapter apply to the legal and natural persons mentioned in II of article L. 1245-5 and in article L. 1245-5-1 who, for the purposes mentioned in these articles, bring tissues,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article R1313-1

The Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety), a public administrative body un…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-10

If the installations are not brought into service within five years of the date of notification of the order mentioned in article R. 1322-8 or if operation has been interrupted for more than five cons…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Authorisation procedure

Article R1322-11

In the case of packaged natural mineral water and where the result of the verification mentioned in article R. 1322-9 is in compliance, the Prefect sends a copy of the operating authorisation order to…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: General provisions

Article R1331-16

Failure to comply with the health and hygiene rules laid down in this section constitutes offences which are investigated and recorded in accordance with article L. 1312-1 and punished in accordance w…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: General provisions.

Article R1323-1

I. - The purpose of food vigilance, known as nutrivigilance, is to monitor, assess and prevent the risk of undesirable effects linked to the consumption of the foodstuffs and foods mentioned in II of…

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