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 fine of 100,000 euros.
The same penalties shall apply to acting as an intermediary to obtain an organ in return for payment, or to transferring such an organ from another person’s body for consideration.
The same penalties shall apply if the organ obtained under the conditions set out in the first paragraph comes from a foreign country. “