Only centres authorised in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 2142-7 may store embryos with a view to their reception and implement this.
Centres that are not authorised to store embryos with a view to their reception and to implement this shall hand over the embryos stored to an authorised centre, together with a copy of the file of the couple or unmarried woman referred to in article R. 2142-9, under conditions designed to guarantee the confidentiality of the information contained therein.