French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe public prosecutor's annual report on the status and timeframes for the enforcement of sentences provided for by Article 709-2 may be freely consulted by any person who so requests. Before the last working day of the month of June, a poster shall be put up in a room open to the public in the judicial court in order to indicate the practical arrangements for this consultation.
The public prosecutor may communicate the content of this report to the press and other media, using the means he or she deems most appropriate.
This report shall be appended to or included in the annual report that is sent to the Public Prosecutor pursuant to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 35.
This report is being distributed to all magistrates, court clerks and civil servants in the judicial court, police courts and local courts.
A copy of this report is sent for information:
-to the prefect;
-to the departmental director of public security;
-to the territorial director of the national police;
-to the commander of the gendarmerie group;
-to the heads of prisons ;
-to the director of the penitentiary integration and probation service;
-to the territorial director of the judicial protection of youth;
-to the treasurer-paymaster general;
-to the president of the bar association;
-to the president of the departmental chamber of bailiffs.
This report is circulated within the local security and delinquency prevention councils and the departmental prevention councils.
The public prosecutor may also send a copy of this report to any private or public law body or institution cooperating with the judicial institution, and in particular to the heads of the victim support associations mentioned in the last paragraph of article 41.
The content of this report will be reported by the public prosecutor at the formal re-opening hearing provided for by article R. 711-2 of the Code of Judicial Organisation.
