Enacted parts

ARTICLE 723-2
(Act no. 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 13 July 2001)
I. 1° of article 223-11 is drafted as follows: 
"1° after the expiry of the tenth week of pregnancy, except where it is practised for a therapeutic motive;"
II. 3° of article 223-11 is drafted as follows: 
"3° within premises other than a public or a private hospital complying with the conditions applicable locally."
ARTICLE 723-3
(Act no. 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 13 July 2001)
2° and 3 of article 225-3 is drafted as follows: 
"2° discrimination based on state or health or handicap, when if it consists of a refusal to hire or dismiss based on a
medically established incapacity, according to the provisions on health at work or the civil service applicable locally; 
3° recruitment discrimination based on gender when the fact of being male or female constitutes, according to
provisions locally applicable as regards labour law or the law of the civil service, the determining factor in the exercise of
an employment or professional activity in accordance with the provisions of the Labour Code or of the laws defining the
statutory framework of the public service."
ARTICLE 723-4
(Act no. 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 13 July 2001; Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September
2000 Article 3 Official Journal 22 September 2000 into force 1 January 2002)
- ARTICLE 226-25 is drafted as follows: 
"The study of the genetic characteristics of a person for medical purposes without having obtained his prior consent
in writing is punished by one year's imprisonment and a fine of €15,000.
The provisions of the previous paragraph do not apply:
1° where the study is carried out in the context of judicial proceedings;
2° or where, under exceptional circumstances, in the person's interest and in respect for his confidence, the consent
of the latter has not been obtained".