The Comité Consultatif National d'Ethique is a French governmental advisory council on bioethics issues. It was created by a presidential decree of François Mitterrand in 1983. See also National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral Research (U.S. 1974-1978) President's Commission for the Study of Ethical Problems in Medicine and Biomedical and Behavioral Research (U.S. 1978-1983) National Bioethics Advisory Commission (U.S. 1996–2001) The President's Council on Bioethics (U.S. 2001-2009) References Bioethics Politics of France Government agencies of France Science and technology in France