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Article R2141-10 of the French Public Health Code

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.

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Article R2141-12 of the French Public Health Code

The practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out the biological activities of preserving embryos with a view to their reception and implementation, mentioned in g of 2° of Article R. 2142-1, may only donate the embryo with a view to its reception to a practitioner who meets the criteria mentioned in Article R. 2142-11 for carrying out biological activities and who is called upon…

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Article R2141-14 of the French Public Health Code

The authorisation to move embryos referred to in Article L. 2141-9 is issued by the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine to a medical biology establishment, body or laboratory authorised to carry out the biological activities of medically assisted procreation referred to in 2° of Article R. 2142-1 to enable the couple or unmarried woman to pursue their parental project.

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Article R2141-15 of the French Public Health Code

The application for authorisation must be sent to the Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine by any means capable of establishing a date of receipt. This application shall include a file containing all the information required to verify compliance with Articles 16 to 16-8 of the Civil Code and the provisions of this Title, the model for which shall be laid down by decision of the Director General…

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Article R2141-16 of the French Public Health Code

The Director General of the Agence de la biomédecine will take a decision within two months of receipt of the complete application. If the administration remains silent on expiry of this period, the application will be deemed to have been rejected. The Director General of the Agency may request, by any means enabling receipt of the request to be dated, any additional information that he considers necessary for the authorisation…

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Article R2141-17 of the French Public Health Code

I.-The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and preserved in the context of medically assisted procreation for a parental project in application of article L. 2141-1 is consulted each calendar year in writing as to whether he/she wishes to continue with this method of preservation. If they no longer wish to maintain it, or if they no longer meet the age conditions set by the decree provided for…

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Article R2141-18 of the French Public Health Code

The person whose gametes have been collected or retrieved and stored pursuant to I of article L. 2141-12, with a view to the subsequent provision, for his or her benefit, of medically assisted procreation, is consulted each calendar year in writing as to whether he or she wishes to continue this storage method under the conditions set out in II of the same article L. 2141-12. An order of the…

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Article R2141-19 of the French Public Health Code

I.-Any person whose gametes or germ tissue are stored in application of article L. 2141-11 is informed in advance of the age limits set, on the one hand, by the order provided for in IV of this same article, and on the other hand, in article R. 2141-38, as well as of the impossibility of storing germ tissue for procreation purposes for their own benefit beyond these limits. It is…

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Article R2141-20 of the French Public Health Code

The written consent to gamete donation referred to in articles R. 2141-17, R. 2141-18 and R. 2141-19 is preceded by at least one interview with the multidisciplinary clinical-biological medical team referred to in article L. 2141-2. These interviews make it possible in particular: 1° To inform the persons concerned of the legislative and regulatory provisions relating to gamete donation, and in particular the fact that it is impossible for recipients…

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Article R2141-21 of the French Public Health Code

Only medical biology laboratories authorised for the activities mentioned in c and d of 2° of article R. 2142-1 may store gametes for donation. If the laboratory, under whose responsibility consent was obtained under the conditions set out in article R. 2141-20, is not authorised to store gametes for donation, it shall hand them over to an authorised centre. It shall also send the centre a copy of the file…

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