French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceAny confiscation order shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up by the competent authority of the issuing State comprising the following particulars:
1° The identification of the issuing State;
2° The identification of the court in the issuing State that issued the order;
3° The identity of the natural or legal persons against whom the confiscation order was issued;
4° Data making it possible to identify the property that is the subject of the confiscation order in the executing State, in particular the precise description of this property, its location and the designation of its custodian or the amount of the sum to be confiscated;
5° The grounds for the confiscation order, a description of the facts constituting the offence, the nature and legal classification of the offence on which it is based, including, where applicable, a statement that the said offence falls, under the law of the issuing State, within one of the categories of offences referred to in Article 694-32 and is punishable there by a custodial sentence of three years' imprisonment or more ;
6° A full description of the offence where it does not fall within one of the categories of offences mentioned in 5°;
7° A statement that the decision was final and is not time-barred;
8° A statement that the person subject to the confiscation order has been duly notified of the proceedings brought against him or her and the procedures and time limits for appealing;
9° Any partial enforcement of the order, including an indication of the amounts already confiscated and the sums still to be recovered;
10° The possibility of alternative penalties being applied in the issuing State and, where applicable, whether the issuing State accepts the application of such penalties, the nature of these penalties and the maximum penalty provided for each of them;
11° The signature of the judicial authority of the issuing State or that of its representative attesting to the accuracy of the information contained in the certificate.
