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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter XI: Collection of human faeces for therapeutic use

Article L513-11-1

…ion carried out in the context of research involving the human person mentioned in 1° ofArticle L. 1121-1.

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Industrial preparation and wholesale.

Article L5142-1-5

…on holder who does not himself carry out the advertising operations referred to in Articles 119 and 120 of Regulation (EU) 2019/6 of 11 December 2018 shall declare to the Director General of the Natio…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Legal status of medical devices.

Article L5211-1

I.-The placing on the market, putting into service and making available on the market of medical devices and their accessories shall comply with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2017/745 of the Europ…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-2

…ire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail ;2° The inspectors mentioned in Article L. 5127-1 ; 3° The veterinarians mentioned in Article L. 206-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Inspection.

Article L5146-1

…l'environnement et du travail in its area of competence ;2° The inspectors mentioned in Article L. 5127-1 ; 3° The veterinarians mentioned in Article L. 206-3 of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code;4°…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 1: Administrative police powers of the Agence nationale de sécurité sanitaire de l'alimentation, de l'environnement et du travail (French National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety)

Article L5145-5

…nement et du travail thereof, in accordance with paragraph 11 of Article 77 of the same Regulation; 12° The obligation for the holder of a marketing authorisation or registration to implement a pharma…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter III: Extemporaneous preparation and retail sale.

Article L5143-9-1

…acy which carries out this subcontracting activity in accordance with the provisions of Article L. 5125-1;2° For certain categories of preparations, to an establishment which has been granted authoris…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter IX: Micro-organisms and toxins.

Article L5139-1

This chapter covers micro-organisms and toxins the use of which could present a risk to public health, as well as products containing them. An order of the Minister for Health, made on a proposal from…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-8

…he ceiling provided for in I of Article 46 of Law No 2011-1977 of 28 December 2011 on finance for 2012, on each: 1° Application for marketing authorisation for a veterinary medicinal product;2° Applic…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article L5141-16

…mber 2018 and medicinal products for human use used under 3° of Article L. 5143-4 ; 11° (Repealed) ;12° The procedures for applying this Title in Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, La Réunion, May…

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