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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Regional centres specialising in environmental offences

Article 706-2-3

…jurisdiction of the court of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of offences, excluding those mentioned in articles 706-75 and 706-107 of this code, provided for by the

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-3

…ded without delay via a secure means of telecommunication. However, this information will only be accessible when the file is consulted after the identity of the person concerned has been verified, wh…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

On pain of nullity, the decision authorising the use of the device referred to in Article 706-102-1 specifies the offence giving rise to the operations, the exact location or detailed description of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXVII: Prosecution, investigation and trial of offences committed by protected adults

Article 706-112-3

…a position to exercise alone his or her right to oppose the carrying out of this operation, the officer shall notify by any means his or her curator or guardian, so that the person's possible assent p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXV bis: Procedure applicable to serial or unsolved crimes

Article 706-106-3

…rosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigating judge or…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16-3

Where the sentenced person is an adult who, in accordance with article 706-112, of a legal protection measure, their curator, guardian or the person designated in application of articles 706-114 or 70…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Reduction of sentences

Article 721-1-3

When several custodial sentences are combined and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-2

This shall be done under the conditions provided for in Article 713-29 of this code for the application of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 N…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1a: On the transmission and enforcement of confiscation orders pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders

Article 713-35-1

…suing authority for confiscation orders handed down by French courts is the public prosecutor's office of the court that ordered the confiscation; 2° The enforcement authority for confiscation orders…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 9: Provisions relating to the judicial supervision of dangerous persons convicted of a felony or misdemeanour

Article 723-31-1

The situation of all sentenced persons who may be subject to judicial supervision in accordance with Article 723-29 must be examined before their scheduled release date. The sentence enforcement judge…

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