You had to consult relatives and ask them: "do you know if the deceased was opposed to this"? This meant the way to opt out was to tell your relatives. It has b

You had to consult relatives and ask them: "do you know if the deceased was opposed to this"? This meant the way to opt out was to tell your relatives. It has been the case for 40 years. [1] There were posters in most hospital waiting rooms telling people to do this (which I found creepy as I found myself there a few months ago, waiting for news on whether a relative would live or die, by the way). See [2] for an example. Now the only way to opt out is to send snail mail (!) to be added to a nationwide file. It should become possible to do it over the Internet someday. Fun fact - we have a pin card that has been designed to store that information since 2006, but the feature has never been made accessible to the public. [3] [1] (fr) http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2016/12/22/don-d-organe-quarante-ans-apres-la-loi-sur-le-consentement-presume-ou-en-est-on_5053129_4355770.html http://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2016/12/22/don-d... [2] (fr) http://fr.slideshare.net/amfe/guide-du-don-dorganes-2015-de-lagence-de-biomdecine http://fr.slideshare.net/amfe/guide-du-don-dorganes-2015-de-... [3] (fr) https://www.agence-biomedecine.fr/Carte-Vitale-2-et-don-d-organes?lang=fr https://www.agence-biomedecine.fr/Carte-Vitale-2-et-don-d-or...