The single European code is allocated to all tissues, their derivatives and cells or cell therapy preparations used for therapeutic purposes, regardless of their country of origin, prior to their distribution in France or their transfer for the purposes of grafting or administration to another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with the exception of emergency importation of these tissues and cells as provided for in III of article L. 1245-5.
Establishments or organisations authorised under article L. 1243-2, the first and second paragraphs of II of article L. 1245-5, the first paragraph of II of article L. 1245-5-1, and articles L. 4211-9-1, L 4211-9-2, L. 5124-3 and L. 5124-9-1 which receive tissues or cells in the situations mentioned in b of 4° of article R. 1245-31 must at least assign the donation identification sequence when this sequence has not already been assigned to tissues or cells from a Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.