French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forcePre-trial detention may only be ordered or extended if it is shown, in the light of the precise and detailed elements resulting from the proceedings, that it constitutes the sole means of achieving one or more of the following objectives and that these cannot be achieved in the case of placement under judicial supervision or house arrest with electronic surveillance:
1° To preserve evidence or material clues that are necessary to establish the truth;
2° To prevent pressure being put on witnesses or victims and their families;
3° To prevent fraudulent conspiracy between the person under investigation and his co-perpetrators or accomplices;
4° To protect the person under investigation;
5° Guarantee that the person under investigation remains at the disposal of the justice system;
6° Put an end to the offence or prevent its repetition;
7° Put an end to the exceptional and persistent disturbance of public order caused by the seriousness of the offence, the circumstances in which it was committed or the extent of the damage it has caused. This disturbance may not be the result solely of media coverage of the case. However, this paragraph does not apply in criminal cases.
