Section IV: Consent to medically assisted procreation

The couple or unmarried woman who has recourse to medically assisted procreation requiring the intervention of a third-party donor, as provided for in article 342-10 of the Civil Code , consents to this by declaration before a notary. For couples, this declaration is made jointly. The declaration is recorded in a notarised deed in the absence of third parties. A copy of the deed may only be issued to those…

Before obtaining consent, the notary shall inform the members of the couple or the unmarried woman who are about to express it: the impossibility of establishing a parent-child relationship between the child resulting from procreation and the donor, or of taking action for liability against the donor; the prohibition on bringing an action for the purpose of establishing or contesting parent-child relationship in the name of the child, unless it…