Part One: General health protection

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: 1° Unique European code: unique identifier applied to tissues and cells circulating in the European Union. This code is composed of two parts: a) The donation identification sequence defined in 2° ; b) The product identification sequence defined in 3°; 2° Donation identification sequence: this is the first part of the unique European code. It is made up of…

The single European code is allocated to all tissues, their derivatives and cells or cell therapy preparations used for therapeutic purposes, regardless of their country of origin, prior to their distribution in France or their transfer for the purposes of grafting or administration to another Member State of the European Union or party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, with the exception of emergency importation of these tissues…

An order of the Minister for Health made on a proposal from the Director General of the Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament et des produits de santé, after obtaining the opinion of the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine, defines: 1° The structure of the unique European code set out in Annex VIII to Commission Directive 2015/565/EU of 8 April 2015 amending Directive 2006/86/EC as regards certain…