Manufacturers of in vitro diagnostic medical devices may procure tissues, their derivatives and cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing, in a Member State of the European Union or a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. These same establishments may supply tissues, their derivatives and cells from the human body, whatever their level of processing, to a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
The tissues, their derivatives and the cells mentioned in the first paragraph are intended for the manufacture of in vitro diagnostic medical devices which meet the requirements to which they are subject in order to be placed on the market.
The manufacturers referred to in the first subparagraph must declare the operations referred to in the same subparagraph to the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé before they are carried out.