Title IV: Medically assisted procreation

The couple or unmarried woman who wishes to offer their embryos for reception must give their written consent, in application of article L. 2141-5, after at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team mentioned in article L. 2141-2. These interviews are used in particular: 1° To inform the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the reception of…

Only centres authorised in accordance with the provisions of Article R. 2142-7 may store embryos with a view to their reception and implement this. Centres that are not authorised to store embryos with a view to their reception and to implement this shall hand over the embryos stored to an authorised centre, together with a copy of the file of the couple or unmarried woman referred to in article R….

A practitioner meeting the criteria mentioned in articles R. 2142-10 and R. 2142-11 practising within the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 will enquire about the personal and family history of the two members of the couple or of the unmarried woman at the origin of the conception of the embryos and the clinical data that he/she deems necessary to collect. If necessary, he will arrange…

After a reflection period of at least three months, the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman at the origin of the conception of the embryos confirm in writing to the practitioner mentioned in article R. 2141-4, on a dated document signed by them, their consent to the reception of one or more of their embryos. This document states that they have been given the information referred to…

The documents referred to in article R. 2141-5 are transmitted and stored under conditions that ensure the confidentiality of the information they contain.

For the application of the provisions of article L. 2143-3, the doctor at the centre mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 collects the data mentioned in article R. 2143-9 and sends it to the Agence de la biomédecine when the donation is used.

The centre referred to in the first paragraph of article R. 2141-3 shall compile a file containing information on the two members of the couple or the unmarried woman at the origin of conception which may be brought to the attention of a doctor, at his request, in the event of medical necessity pursuant to the fourth paragraph of article L. 2141-6. This information relates in particular, in pseudonymised form,…

In addition to the file defined in Article R. 2141-7, the centre authorised to store embryos with a view to their reception and to carry out this reception keeps the following information for each couple or each unmarried woman at the origin of the conception of the embryos: 1° The number of embryos received ; 2° The date of transfers with a view to implantation; Information enabling a link to…

Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of article L. 2141-10, any embryo reception must be preceded by at least one interview between the couple or unmarried woman wishing to receive an embryo and the centre’s multidisciplinary clinico-biological medical team, in particular the doctor qualified in psychiatry or the psychologist. This centre is authorised to store embryos with a view to their reception and to carry out this reception….

An unmarried couple or woman meeting the conditions of article L. 2141-6 consents to the reception of an embryo by joint declaration before a notary in accordance with the procedures set out in articles 1157-2 and 1157-3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.