The collection of blood and its components, their biological qualification, the preparation, processing, distribution and issue of labile blood products are carried out in compliance with the good practices defined by decision of the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, taken in application of article L. 1222-12. For each of these activities and on each of the sites where they are carried out, the blood establishment must assign staff with the qualifications required in application of article L. 1222-10, have the equipment provided for by good practice for each of the blood transfusion activities and comply with the operating standards provided for in this sub-section.
Each year, the Etablissement Français du Sang and the Armed Forces Blood Transfusion Centre send the Director General of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé, for each of their establishments, a statement of activity, the form and content of which are laid down by decision of the Director General of the Agence Nationale de Sécurité du Médicament et des Produits de Santé.