Part One: General health protection

The removal of tissues or cells or the collection of human body products from a living person with a view to donation may only be carried out for therapeutic or scientific purposes or for the production or testing of in vitro diagnostic medical devices and their accessories or for quality control of medical biology examinations or as part of the expert assessments and technical controls carried out on tissues or…

No tissues or cells may be removed, and no human body products may be collected for donation, from a living minor or from a living adult who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation of the person.

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 1241-2, in the absence of any other therapeutic solution, a sample of haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood may be taken from a minor for the benefit of his or her brother or sister. Where such removal is not possible and in the absence of any other appropriate therapeutic solution, the removal of haematopoietic cells from bone…

By way of derogation from the provisions of Article L. 1241-2, in the absence of any other therapeutic solution, a sample of haematopoietic cells collected from bone marrow or peripheral blood may be taken from a living person of full age who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person for the benefit of his or her brother or sister. In the absence of…

Embryonic or foetal tissues or cells may only be removed, preserved and used following termination of pregnancy for diagnostic, therapeutic or scientific purposes. The woman who has undergone a termination of pregnancy gives her written consent after having received appropriate information on the purposes of such removal. This information must be given after the woman has decided to terminate her pregnancy. Such a sample may not be taken if the…

The removal of tissues and cells and the collection of human body products from a person who has been duly declared dead may only be carried out for therapeutic or scientific purposes and under the conditions laid down in Chapter II of Title III.

The procedures for applying this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, and in particular : 1° The list of tissues mentioned in the first paragraph of Article L. 1241-1 that may be removed from a living person with a view to donation for therapeutic purposes ; 2° The tissues and cells mentioned in the second paragraph of article L. 1241-1, the removal of which is subject to…