Any organisation that stores embryos and embryonic stem cells for research purposes must be able to certify that the consents referred to in Article R. 2151-4 have been obtained.
Where embryonic stem cells have been imported, the organisation must be able to certify that they have been obtained in compliance with the principles mentioned in Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code, with the prior consent of the persons mentioned in Article R. 2151-4, at the origin of the embryo, which was conceived in the context of medically assisted procreation and is no longer the subject of a parental project, and without any payment, in whatever form, having been made to these persons.