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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-10

The fact that the inspection operations reveal offences other than those mentioned in articles 60-1 to 60-4 does not constitute grounds for invalidity of the incidental proceedings.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 1: Right to inspect goods, means of transport and persons.

Article 60-1

Customs officers may, at any time, inspect goods, means of transport and persons in or moving around the following areas and places: 1° The land area within the customs radius defined in article 44 ;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Effects of the European arrest warrant

Article 695-19

For the case referred to in 2° of Article 695-18, the waiver is given before the investigating, trial or enforcement court to which the person is subject after surrender and is irrevocable. When the s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-11

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Appeal by the Public Prosecutor at the Cour de cassation

Article 639-1

The appeal provided for in Article 17 of Law no. 67-523 of 3 July 1967 is brought against a decision that has acquired the force of res judicata.It is lodged from the day on which the decision is no l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Coordination of powers between the European Public Prosecutor, the Deputy European Public Prosecutors and the French judicial authority

Article 696-137

…information. Where the European Public Prosecutor's Office relinquishes jurisdiction under the procedure provided for in Article 696-113 of this code, investigations continue as part of the flagrante…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-16

…er to the issuing State of a person held in custody in the executing State, in order to enable procedural acts requiring that person's presence to be carried out in the issuing State, or the temporary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-19

The detailed rules for the application of this section shall be specified by decree.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-15

Unless otherwise provided for by this Code, requests for mutual legal assistance in criminal matters between France and the other Member States of the European Union shall be made via European Investi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-17

…ion Order without any formality and shall execute it in the same way and according to the same procedures as if the request had come from a national judicial authority, unless a valid reason provided…

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