The National Committee is chaired by the Director General of Healthcare or his/her representative. The Agence de la biomédecine provides the secretariat.
The members of the National Committee are subject to the provisions of article L. 1451-1 and are bound by professional secrecy with regard to any information that may have come to their knowledge by virtue of their duties, under the conditions and subject to the penalties laid down in articles 226-13 and 226-14 of the French Penal Code.