French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body
Article 16-5
Agreements having the effect of conferring a proprietary value on the human body, its elements or its products are void.
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Agreements having the effect of conferring a proprietary value on the human body, its elements or its products are void.
No one may harm the integrity of the human species.Any eugenic practice tending to organise the selection of persons is prohibited.Any intervention whose purpose is to bring about the birth of a child…
No remuneration may be allocated to a person who lends himself to an experiment on his person, to the removal of elements from his body or to the collection of its products.
Any agreement concerning procreation or gestation on behalf of another person is null and void.
The judge may prescribe any appropriate measures to prevent or stop unlawful interference with the human body or unlawful acts involving elements or products thereof, including after death.
The provisions of this chapter are of public order.
The integrity of the human body may only be infringed in the event of medical necessity for the person concerned or exceptionally in the therapeutic interest of others. The consent of the person conce…
I.-Public or private health establishments are obliged to communicate to persons receiving or having received care, at their request, the medical information defined in article L. 1111-7. This informa…
The genetic counsellor, under the responsibility of a doctor qualified in genetics, participates within a multidisciplinary team :1° Providing information and advice to persons and their families who…
As stated in Article 511-2 of the French Criminal Code, reproduced below: "Obtaining one of a person's organs in return for payment, in whatever form, is punishable by seven years' imprisonment and a…
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