{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1569/article-23",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1569",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1569 of 23 May 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying principles of and guidelines for good manufacturing practice for investigational medicinal products for human use and arrangements for inspections (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1569",
  "path": "article/23",
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  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Impartiality of inspectors",
  "text": "The competent authority shall ensure that inspectors are free of any undue influence that could affect their impartiality and judgment.\nInspectors shall be independent, in particular, of:\n(a) the sponsor;\n(b) the management and personnel of the clinical trial site;\n(c) the investigators involved in the clinical trials where the investigational medicinal products manufactured by the inspected manufacturer are used;\n(d) the persons financing the clinical trial in which the investigational medicinal product is used;\n(e) the manufacturer.\nInspectors shall make an annual declaration of their financial interests in the parties inspected or other links to them. The competent authority shall take the declaration into consideration when assigning inspectors to specific inspections.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1569/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:34.669471+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}