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Article L2141-9 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Only embryos conceived in compliance with the fundamental principles set out in Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code and the provisions of this Title may enter or leave the territory to which this Code applies. These movements of embryos are exclusively intended to enable the continuation of the parental project of the couple or unmarried woman concerned. They are subject to the prior authorisation of the Agence de…

Article L2141-10 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The implementation of medically assisted procreation is preceded by individual interviews of the requesting woman or couple with one or more doctors and other health professionals from the centre’s multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team, comprising in particular a psychiatrist, psychologist or nurse with psychiatric expertise, who may be from outside the centre. Where necessary, the team calls on a professional registered on the list mentioned in the second paragraph of article…

Article L2141-11 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

I.-Any person whose fertility is likely to be impaired as a result of medical treatment or whose fertility is likely to be prematurely impaired may benefit from the collection or removal and preservation of their gametes or germ tissue with a view to the subsequent performance, for their benefit, of medically assisted procreation, with a view to preserving or restoring their fertility or with a view to restoring hormonal function….

Article L2141-11-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The import and export of gametes or germ tissue derived from the human body are subject to authorisation issued by the Agence de la biomédecine. They are exclusively intended to enable the pursuit of a parental project through medically assisted procreation or the restoration of the applicant’s fertility or hormonal function, to the exclusion of any commercial purpose. Only an establishment, a body, a health cooperation group or a laboratory…

Article L2141-12 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

I.-A person of full age who meets the age conditions set by a decree of the Conseil d’Etat, issued after consultation with the Agence de la biomédecine, may benefit from the collection, retrieval and storage of his or her gametes with a view to subsequent medically assisted procreation on his or her behalf under the conditions set out in this chapter, following medical supervision by the multidisciplinary clinical biology team….

Article L2141-13 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

The detailed rules for the application of this chapter are determined by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, and in particular : 1° The procedures for applying Article L. 2141-6 and in particular the activities subject to the authorisation provided for in the last paragraph of this Article; 2° The health safety rules to which the implementation of medically assisted procreation is subject; 3° The conditions for authorising the import and…

Article L2142-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Clinical activities involving medically assisted procreation, with the exception of artificial insemination and ovarian stimulation, may only be carried out in health establishments. Subject to the following paragraph, the biological activities of medically assisted procreation may only be carried out in medical biology laboratories accredited in accordance with the provisions of Chapter I of Title II of Book II of Part Six. The clinical and biological activities of medically assisted…

Article L2142-2 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Any establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out medically assisted procreation activities is required to submit an annual activity report to the regional health agency and the Agence de la biomédecine in accordance with the procedures determined by order of the Minister for Health. It is also required to draw up and keep registers relating to the gametes, germinal tissue and embryos it stores.

Article L2142-3 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

Any breach of the legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to medically assisted procreation observed in an establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory, and caused by the latter, will result in the temporary or definitive withdrawal of the authorisations provided for in Article L. 2142-1, under the conditions set out in Article L. 6122-13. The authorisation may also be withdrawn if the prescriptions laid down in the authorisation are violated…

Article L2142-3-1 of the French Public Health Code

November 8, 2023

In each establishment, organisation, health cooperation group or laboratory authorised to carry out biological activities for medically assisted procreation, a responsible person is designated, responsible for ensuring compliance with the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to the quality and safety of gametes, germinal tissue and embryos. In medical biology laboratories, the person in charge is the director or deputy director of the laboratory.

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