Couples or unmarried women who, in order to procreate, have recourse to medical assistance requiring the intervention of a third-party donor must give their consent beforehand to a notary, who will inform them of the consequences of their act with regard to filiation as well as the conditions under which the child will be able, if he or she so wishes, to access the non-identifying data and the identity of this third-party donor at the age of majority.
Consent given to medically assisted procreation prohibits any action for the purpose of establishing or contesting parentage, unless it is maintained that the child is not the product of medically assisted procreation or that consent has been deprived of its effect.
Consent is deprived of effect in the event of death, the filing of an application for divorce or legal separation, the signing of a divorce agreement or legal separation by mutual consent in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article 229-1 or cessation of cohabitation, occurring before the insemination or embryo transfer is carried out. It is also rendered ineffective if one of the members of the couple revokes it, in writing and before the medically assisted procreation is carried out, to the doctor responsible for carrying out this insemination or transfer or to the notary who received it.