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Showing 10711080 of 11432 articles for Art. CE 17-10-1990 n° 56991

French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Conditions for the departure from national territory of human body parts or products mentioned in Article R. 1245-1 when they do not have the authorisation mentioned in Article L. 1243-2

Article R1245-17

…ate of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area must send the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, before they leave national territor…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: The Ethics, Science and Education Committee

Article R1261-17

…educational committee mentioned in article R. 1261-15 must be referred to by the head of the body reception facility concerning: 1° Medical training programmes and research programmes involving the us…

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

Article R1321-17

…ater defined by the order mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 are not respected or the water resource is likely to be affected by biological developments; 3° The water in the resource or the water di…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Managing Director

Article R1313-17

The Chief Executive is appointed for a renewable term of three years. He manages the institution. He shall perform all acts that are not reserved to the Board of Directors by virtue of the provisions…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Declaration of public interest and protection perimeter

Article R1322-17

…c interest, the reasons for the application and a description of the conditions under which the source will be exploited; 2° In the case of a request for a protective perimeter, a justification of the…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 2: Characteristic features of residential premises

Article R1331-17

…itation, whether free of charge or in return for payment, in application of article L. 1331-23 : 1° Cellars, regardless of any alterations or modifications made to them; 2° Basements, attics, rooms wi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Section 2: Health rules applicable to bathing water

Article D1332-17

The municipality draws up the list of bathing waters for the following bathing season, based on a summary of the comments made by the public, the responses from the registrants of bathing facilities a…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Paragraph 5: Measures taken to protect the population and the environment

Article R1333-17

When the person responsible for a nuclear activity carries out compulsory measurements of environmental radioactivity in order to contribute to the monitoring of exposure of the population and the env…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Rules for use and hygiene applicable to collective water misting systems

Article R1335-17

…oughout the period of use of the collective misting system.III. - It is forbidden to add any substance, mixture of substances or commercial preparation to the water supplied to the collective water mi…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Obligations of owners of all or part of built-up buildings with regard to detection

Article R1334-17

Owners of communal areas of apartment blocks are required to carry out a survey for materials and products on lists A and B containing asbestos.

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