I.-The refusal of authorisation to manage a blood establishment, its renewal or the substantial modification of one of its elements is notified to the director of the health establishment or to the administrator of the consortium by the director general of the regional health agency.
A copy of this decision is sent to the regional haemovigilance and transfusion safety coordinator and to the Etablissement Français du Sang or, where applicable, to the armed forces blood transfusion centre, when the latter is the applicant’s referral blood transfusion establishment.
II. – The cessation of operation of a blood depot is declared within one month of this cessation to the regional health agency and to the Etablissement français du sang or, where applicable, to the Centre de transfusion sanguine des armées.