The provision of prior information and the collection in writing of the free and informed consent of each of the members of the couple or of the unmarried woman provided for in the last paragraph of Article L. 2131-4 and in Articles L. 2141-3 and L. 2141-4, are carried out, in the case of pre-implantation diagnosis, by the practitioner approved in application of article L. 2131-4-2 and, in other cases, by the practitioner intervening, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of article L. 2142-1, in an establishment, laboratory or body authorised in application of the same article.
Information is provided on the different categories of research that may be carried out under article L. 2151-5. The couple or unmarried woman is informed that embryos that have been the subject of research may not be transferred for the purpose of gestation and that their in vitro development is terminated no later than the fourteenth day following their creation. Where 2° of II of Article L. 2141-4 is applied, the couple or the unmarried woman are also informed that, where applicable, cells derived from embryos may be used in a cell therapy preparation or in an advanced therapy medicinal product for exclusively therapeutic purposes.
The person responsible for the research must be able to certify at any time during the research that the consents referred to in the first paragraph have been obtained.