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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1235-4

For the purposes of this Title, samples taken in the context of research involving the human person within the meaning of Article L. 1121-1 are considered to be samples taken for therapeutic purposes,…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Establishments authorised to remove organs.

Article L1233-4

The procedures for applying the provisions of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d'Etat and in particular the technical, health and medical conditions and the conditions for guarante…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Preparation, preservation and use of tissues, cells and their derivatives.

Article L1243-4

Any organisation that ensures the conservation and preparation of tissues and cells, organs, blood, its components and derived products, derived from the human body with a view to their transfer for s…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Promotional communications

Article L1223-4

Promotional advertising of the plasmas mentioned in article L. 1223-3 to members of the health professions authorised to prescribe or supply these labile blood products or to use them in the exercise…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Removal from a deceased person.

Article L1232-4

The doctors who establish the death, on the one hand, and those who carry out the removal or transplantation, on the other, must be part of separate functional units or departments.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter V: Common provisions.

Article L1245-4

…arch involving the human person relating to the cell therapy preparations mentioned in article L. 1243-1 and to tissues and their derivatives, the authorisation to conduct the research also constitute…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Removal from a living person.

Article L1231-4

The terms and conditions for the application of this chapter shall be determined by decree of the Conseil d'Etat, in particular: 1° The provisions applicable to cross-organ donation, including the ter…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Gametes.

Article L1273-4

As stated in Article 511-11 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below: "The act of collecting or taking gametes from a living person with a view to medically assisted procreation without carrying out the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Donation and use of gametes.

Article L1244-4

The use of gametes from the same donor may not deliberately lead to the birth of more than ten children.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Hygiene of buildings and built-up areas.

Article L1331-4

The works required to bring wastewater to the public part of the connection are the sole responsibility of the owners and must be built under the conditions set out in article L. 1331-1. They must be…

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