Enacted parts

ARTICLE 511-19
(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; Law no. 2004-800 of 6 August 2004 Article 28 II
7° Official Journal of 7 August 2004)
I. Carrying out studies or research on a human embryo:
1° without having previously obtained the written consent and authorisation mentioned in article L. 2151-5 of the
Public Health Code, or when this authorisation has been withdrawn or suspended, or the consent has been revoked;
2° without complying with the statutory and regulatory requirements or those stated in the authorisation,
is punished by seven years imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.
II. Carrying out studies or research on embryonic stem cells
1° without having previously obtained the written consent and authorisation mentioned in article L. 2151-5 of the
Public Health Code, or when this authorisation has been withdrawn or suspended, or the consent has been revoked;
2° without complying with the statutory and regulatory requirements or those stated in the authorisation,
is punished by seven years' imprisonment and a fine of €100,000.
ARTICLE 511-20
(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 making of an ante-natal diagnosis without having received the authorisation referred to under Article L. 162-16
of the Public Health Code is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.
ARTICLE 511-21
(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)
Failure to observe the provisions of article L. 162-17 of the Public Health Code concerning pre-implantation
diagnosis is punished by two years' imprisonment and a fine of €30,000.