Any establishment or organisation planning to carry out research requiring the use of an organ removed from a person whose death has been duly confirmed must send the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt, a protocol including in particular a description of the research programme and the nature and number of samples envisaged. This protocol is included in a file, the form and content of which are laid down by order of the Minister for Research after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine.
The file includes, in particular, the purpose, title and duration of the research protocols, the identification of the declarant and the participants in the protocol as well as their titles and status, the nature of the samples envisaged, and the information required to ensure compliance with the legal and regulatory conditions for the samples.