Enacted parts

BOOK V
OTHER FELONIES AND MISDEMEANOURS
Articles 511-1 to 521-2
TITLE I
OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC HEALTH
Articles 511-1 to 511-28
CHAPTER I
OFFENCES AGAINST BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
Articles 511-1 to 511-28
SECTION I
PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES
Articles 511-1 to
511-1-2
ARTICLE 511-1
(Act no. 94-653 of 29 July 1994 Article 9 Official Journal 30 July 1994)
(Act no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
The abstraction of cells with a view to causing the birth of a child genetically identical to another person living or
deceased is punished by ten years' imprisonment and a fine of €150,000.
ARTICLE 511-1-1
(Act no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
Where the misdemeanour under article 511-1 is committed abroad by a French national or by a person who
habitually resides on French territory, French law is applicable notwithstanding the second paragraph of article 113-6
and the provisions of the second paragraph of article 113-8 do not apply.
ARTICLE 511-1-2
(Act no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
It is an offence punishable by three years imprisonment and a fine of €45,000 to incite another person, whether by
gifts, promises, threats, orders or abuse of authority or power, to abstract cells or gametes with the aim of causing the
birth of a child genetically identical to another person living or deceased.
The same penalties apply to propaganda or advertising, in whatever form, in favour of eugenic practices or
reproductive cloning.
SECTION II
OF THE PROTECTION OF THE HUMAN BODY
Articles 511-2 to
511-8-2
ARTICLE 511-2
(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)
Procuring from another person any of his organs in return for a payment, in whatever form, is punished by seven
years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.
The same penalties apply to acting as an intermediary to facilitate the obtaining of an organ for payment, or the
supply for payment of an organ belonging to another person's body.
The same penalty is applicable where the organ procured in the conditions referred to under the first paragraph
comes from a foreign country.