Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

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Article 696-63

French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force

Updated 7 Nov 2023

The authority which ordered the placement under judicial supervision shall again become competent to ensure the enforcement of that decision in the following cases:

1° Where the person concerned establishes his lawful habitual residence in a State other than the executing State;

2° Where, after having been informed of the adaptation, pursuant to the legislation of the executing State, of one or more obligations of the decision of placement under judicial supervision which it has ordered, the judicial authority has notified the competent authority of the executing State of its decision to withdraw the certificate ;

3° Where the judicial supervision order has been modified by the judicial authority and the competent authority of the executing State refuses to monitor the obligations thus modified;

4° Where the legislation of the executing State provides for a maximum period of execution of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision and the judicial authority which ordered the placement under judicial supervision, having been notified of this maximum period, has decided to withdraw the certificate and has notified this withdrawal to the competent authority of the executing State, or where, having failed to withdraw the certificate, this period has expired ;

5° Where the competent authority of the executing State has informed the competent judicial authority of its decision to terminate the monitoring of the measures ordered on the grounds that the notices sent to it on the possible need for an extension of the judicial supervision or on the breaches of obligations by the person concerned have remained unanswered by the competent judicial authority.

Where a transfer of competence for the monitoring of measures ordered is likely to take place pursuant to this Article, the competent judicial authorities and those of the executing State shall consult each other in order to avoid, as far as possible, any interruption in the monitoring of such measures.

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A notary (notaire) is a public officer who authenticates specific deeds (mainly real-estate transfers and certain family-law acts). A corporate lawyer (avocat) advises on strategy, negotiates and drafts company documents, and represents you in disputes. The two roles complement rather than overlap.

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