Enacted parts

ARTICLE 726-13
(Act no. 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 1h July 2001)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 into force 1 January
2002)
- ARTICLE 511-22 is drafted as follows:
"Carrying out medically assisted procreations other than in an institution authorised to that effect is punished by two
years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000."
ARTICLE 726-14
(Act no. 96-1240 of 30 December 1996 Article 10 Official Journal t January 1997)
(Act no. 2001-616 of 11 July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 1h July 2001)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 into force 1 January
2002)
- ARTICLE 511-24 is drafted as follows:
"LFive years' imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 is incurred by carrying out medical assistance for procreation
where this not in response to the request of a couple and the benefiting couple does not consist of a living man and
woman, of an age to produce children, married or able to show that they have lived together for more than two years
and having given their prior consent to the transfer of embryos or the artificial insemination.
The same penalty applies to carrying out medical assistance for procreation for any other purpose than as a remedy
for infertility the pathological nature of which has been diagnosed medically, or to prevent the transmission to a child of a
particularly serious disease."
ARTICLE 726-15
- ARTICLE 511-25 is drafted as follows:
"The transfer of an embryo without having ascertained the results of the tests for infectious diseases as required by
provisions in force locally is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000."
CHAPTER VII
COMMON PROVISIONS
Articles 717-1 to 727-2
ARTICLE 717-1
(Act no. 2001-616 OF 11TH July 2001 Article 75 Official Journal of 13th July 2001)
(Ordinance no. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September 2000 into force 1 January
2002)
A director or employee who requests or accepts, directly or indirectly, unknown to his employer or without his
authorisation, any offer, promise, donation, gift, discount or reward for performing or abstaining from performing an act
pertaining to his function is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
The same penalty is incurred by anyone who accedes to the requests referred to in the preceding paragraph, or
who initiates them.
In the cases covered by the present article, the court may also impose, as an additional sentence, the prohibition of
civic, civil and family rights provided under article 131-26 for period of up to five years.