Chapter III: Embryo and embryonic stem cell research

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R2443-1

Article R2443-1

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Updated 4 Nov 2023

I.-Title V of Book I of the present Part is applicable in New Caledonia and French Polynesia, in the version resulting from Decrees No. 2006-121 of 6 February 2006, No. 2012-467 of 11 April 2012, No. 2012-597 of 27 April 2012 and No. 2015-155 of 11 February 2015, subject to the adaptations provided for in II.

II.-A.-In Articles R. 2151-6, R. 2151-9, R. 2151-11 and R. 2151-12, the reference to "establishment or establishments" is deleted.A.-In articles R. 2151-6, R. 2151-9, R. 2151-11 and R. 2151-12, the reference to establishment or establishments is deleted.

B.-In article R. 2151-3:

1° 1° and 2° of I are replaced by the following provisions:

" 1° Bodies carrying out embryo conservation activities in accordance with locally applicable regulations or authorised to carry out pre-implantation diagnosis;

" 2° Bodies that have signed an agreement with the bodies mentioned in 1°. This agreement sets out the conditions under which the organisation mentioned in 1° stores and makes embryos available to these organisations. Embryos may only be made available for the duration of the research. "

2° 1° and 2° of II are replaced by the following provisions:

" 1° Bodies pursuing a research activity and holding authorisation to store embryonic stem cells for research purposes as referred to in Article L. 2151-7;

" 2° Bodies pursuing a research activity that have entered into an agreement with an establishment or body referred to in 1° in which the latter undertakes to supply and store embryonic stem cells for the purposes of the former's research. "

C.-In article R. 2151-4, the first paragraph is replaced by the following provisions:

"The provision of prior information and the collection in writing of the free and informed consent of each of the members of the couple or the surviving member of the couple, as provided for in the last paragraph of article L. 2131-4 and articles L. 2141-3, L. 2141-4 and L. 2151-5, are carried out by the pre-implantation diagnostician or by the practitioner involved in medically assisted procreation. "

D.-In the first paragraph of article R. 2151-5, the words: "by the practitioner involved, in accordance with the fifth paragraph of article L. 2142-1, in an establishment, laboratory or organisation authorised in application of the same article" are replaced by the words: "by the medically assisted procreation doctor".

E.-In the last paragraph of article R. 2151-19, the words "and L. 1243-5" are deleted.

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