French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter II: Respect for the human body
Article 16-9
The provisions of this chapter are of public order.
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The provisions of this chapter are of public order.
I.-An examination of a person's constitutional genetic characteristics may only be undertaken for medical or scientific research purposes. It is subject to the express consent of the person, obtained…
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…
Everyone has the right to respect for his or her body. The human body is inviolable. The human body, its elements and products may not be the subject of a property right.
Within one month of being notified of the decision to refuse, suspend or withdraw authorisation, the judicial police officer may ask the public prosecutor to withdraw the decision. The public prosecut…
Within one month of the explicit or implicit rejection of the request provided for in the previous article, the judicial police officer may lodge an appeal with a commission composed of three judges o…
The committee gives a reasoned decision. The hearing takes place and the decision is given in chambers. The debate is oral; the claimant may be heard in person at his request or that of his counsel; h…
In the case of gamete donation or embryo reception, the recipients are the persons who have given their consent to medically assisted procreation. The principle of anonymity of the donation does not p…
The respect due to the human body does not cease with death.The remains of deceased persons, including the ashes of those whose bodies have given rise to cremation, must be treated with respect, digni…
When serving in the operational reserve of the national police or in the operational reserve of the national gendarmerie, civil servants of the national police and military personnel of the national g…
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