Enacted parts

ARTICLE 511-9
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994; Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000
Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)
Obtaining gametes for payment in whatever form, other than payment for services rendered by institutions carrying
out the preparation and the conservation of such gametes, is punished by five years' imprisonment and a fine of
€75,000.
The same penalties apply to acting as an intermediary to facilitate the procuring of gametes for payment in whatever
form, or the supplying to third parties, for payment, of gametes provided by donation.
ARTICLE 511-10
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994; Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000
Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)
The disclosure of information making it possible to identify both the person or couple who have donated gametes,
and the couple that have received them, is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
ARTICLE 511-11
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January
2002)
The collecting or removal of gametes from a living person with a view to carrying out a medically assisted
procreation without testing for transmissible diseases as required by article L. 665-15 of the Public Health Code is
punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
ARTICLE 511-12
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994; Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000
Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 in force 1 January 2002)
Carrying out artificial insemination using fresh sperm or a mixture of sperm supplied contrary to article L. 673-3 of
the Public Health Code is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.