As stated in Article 511-3 of the Criminal Code, reproduced below:
“The act of removing an organ from a living adult, including for therapeutic purposes, without the consent of the person concerned having been obtained under the conditions set out in III of article L. 1231-1 of the Public Health Code or without the authorisation provided for in the second paragraph of I and the second paragraph of IV of the same article L. 1231-1 having been issued, is punishable by seven years’ imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 euros.
The same penalties shall apply to the removal of an organ, tissue or cells or the collection of a product with a view to donation from a living minor or from a living adult who is the subject of a legal protection measure with representation relating to the person, except in the cases provided for in Articles L. 1241-3 and L. 1241-4 of the Public Health Code. “