Enacted parts

ARTICLE 222-37
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 354 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994) 
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The unlawful transport, retention, offer, sale, acquisition or use of drugs is punished by ten years' imprisonment and
a fine of €7,500,000.
The same penalty applies to the facilitation by whatever means of the unlawful use of drugs, the obtaining of their
delivery by fictitious or improperly issued prescriptions, or their delivery on the presentation of such prescription knowing
they are fictitious or were improperly issued.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences set out under
the present article.
ARTICLE 222-38
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 354 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994) 
(Act no. 1996-392 of 13 May 1996 Article 2 Official Journal of 14 May 1996) 
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
A penalty of ten years' imprisonment and a fine of €750,000 is incurred by the act of facilitating by any means the
false justification of the origin of the assets or income of the perpetrator of one of the offences specified by articles
222-34 to 222-37, and by providing assistance for the investment, concealment or conversion of the fruits of one of
these offences. The fine may be increased to half the value of the assets or funds involved in the money-laundering
operation.
Where an offence concerns assets or funds proceeding from one of the offences specified in articles 222-34,
222-35 and 222-36, second paragraph, the perpetrator is liable to the penalties applicable to the offences of which he
was aware.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offences set out under
the present article. 
ARTICLE 222-39
(Act no. 1992-1336 of 16 December 1992 Articles 354 and 373 Official Journal of 23 December 1992 into force 1 March
1994) 
(Ordinance No. 2000-916 of 19 September 2000 Article 3 Official Journal of 22 September into force 1 January 2002)
The unlawful sale or offer of drugs to a person for his personal consumption is punished by five years' imprisonment
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and a fine of €75,000.
The imprisonment is increased to ten years when the drugs are offered or sold, in the circumstances specified in the
paragraph above, to minors, or within teaching or educational centres, or administrative premises.
The first two paragraphs of article 132-23 governing the safety period are applicable to the offence set out under the
previous paragraph.