French Public Health Code
In forceI.-A person may refuse to have an organ removed from him or her after his or her death, primarily by registering on the automated national register of organ removal refusals under the conditions set out in sub-section 2 of this section.
II -A person may also express their refusal in writing and entrust this document to someone close to them. This document must be dated and signed by the author, who must be duly identified by stating his or her surname, first name, date and place of birth.
When a person, although capable of expressing their wishes, is unable to write and sign this document themselves, they may ask two witnesses to certify that the document they were unable to draw up themselves is the expression of their free and informed wishes. These witnesses state their name and capacity and their attestation is attached to the document expressing the refusal.
The document is forwarded by a close relative to the hospital sampling coordination team defined in 3° of article R. 1233-7.
III - A relative of the deceased person may assert a refusal to organ removal that this person expressly stated during his or her lifetime.
This relative or the hospital organ procurement co-ordination team shall record this refusal in writing, giving precise details of the context and circumstances in which it was expressed. This document is dated and signed by the relative expressing this refusal and by the hospital sampling coordination team.
IV - The documents mentioned in II or III are placed in the medical file of the person concerned.
