Enacted parts

ARTICLE 511-5-1
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
The taking of samples for scientific purposes from a deceased person without having transmitted the protocol
required by article L. 1232-3 of the Public Health Code is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
The same penalties apply to using a protocol that has been suspended or forbidden by the Minister responsible for
research.
ARTICLE 511-5-2
(Inserted by Act no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II Official Journal of 7 August 2004 rectifying Official Journal
of 27 november 1998)
I. It is an offence punishable by five year's imprisonment and a fine of €75,000 to keep and transform for scientific
purposes, including purposes of genetic research, any organs, tissue, cells or blood, or its components or products
derived from it: 
1° without having made in respect of it the preliminary declaration required by article L. 1243-3 of the Public Health
Code;
2° where the Minister responsible for research has objected to these activities, or has suspended them, or forbidden
them.
II. The same penalties apply to keeping or transforming any organs, tissue, cells or blood, or its components or
products derived from it, with a view to handing them over for scientific use, including purposes of genetic research,
without having first obtained the authorisation required by article L. 1243-3 of the Public Health Code, or when this
authorisation has been suspended or withdrawn. 
ARTICLE 511-6
(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 the 1 January 2002)
The collection or removal of gametes from a living person without his written consent is punished by five years'
imprisonment and a fine of €75,000.