The secretariat of the Commission is provided by the Directorate General for Health.
However, when the commission rules, in a restricted formation, on the requests mentioned in 3° of article L. 6213-2 and in article L. 6213-2-1 or, in a plenary formation, on the requests mentioned in 1° of article L. 6213-2 as well as in V of article 9 of order no. 2010-49 of 13th January 2010 relating to medical biology, the secretariat is provided by the national management centre.