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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of convictions and probation decisions handed down by French courts

Article 764-9

…n or made a probation decision involving alternative sanctions or measures provided for in Articles 764-3 and 764-4 shall be competent to forward the conviction or probation decision to the competent…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Receipt of applications for recognition and monitoring of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-19

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the convicted person's lawful habitual residence is located. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisd…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-23

…down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 764-24 and 764-25. When considering relying on one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Recognition of convictions and probation decisions

Article 764-32

…documents and no later than the expiry of the period set pursuant to the last paragraph of Article 764-18.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 771-2

…ur punishable by a prison sentence received in the criminal record pursuant to 1° and 8° of Article 768, including in the cases provided for in Article 771, the automated national criminal record regi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 774-1

The full list of criminal record entries applicable to the same legal entity is entered on bulletin no. 1, which is issued only to national judicial authorities, unless there is a reciprocal agreement…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIIa: Socio-judicial supervision

Article 763-4

…ime during the socio-judicial supervision period and without prejudice to the provisions of article 763-6, order, of its own motion or at the request of the public prosecutor, the expert reports neces…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII ter: Placement under mobile electronic surveillance as a security measure

Article 763-13

As part of investigations relating to proceedings concerning a crime or offence, judicial police officers specially authorised for this purpose are authorised to consult data contained in the automate…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Monitoring of probation measures and alternative sanctions and subsequent decision in the event of non-compliance

Article 764-39

…judge is also competent to issue a reasoned judgment, under the conditions provided for in article 712-6, revocation of conditional release or suspension of enforcement of the sentence and to impose…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VIII: Criminal records

Article 777-1

The mention of a conviction in bulletin no. 3 may be excluded under the conditions laid down by

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