In the event of a breach of the requirements resulting from III of Article L. 2151-6, the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine may give formal notice to the establishment or organisation to put an end to the breaches observed and, where appropriate, to submit its observations within a time limit that he/she shall set.
If the measures taken are not such as to put an end to the breaches, the Director General of the Agency may notify the establishment or body of his decision:
1° to suspend the activities concerned for a maximum period of three months, specifying the requirements with which the body must comply in order to recover the benefit of its declaration;
2° to prohibit the activities concerned.
The decision of the Director General of the Agency may be accompanied by requirements concerning the future of the embryonic stem cells. It may organise their transfer to another establishment or organisation, which the Director General shall designate if necessary, or provide for their destruction.
In an emergency, the Director General may use his power of suspension without prior formal notice.
The decisions referred to in 1° and 2° above are taken after obtaining the public opinion of the Agency’s Policy Board.