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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Joint investigation teams

Article 695-2

…greement of the Minister of Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the competent judicial authority may set up a joint investigation team, either when it is necessary to carry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation costs

Article 694-50

…ay be considered exceptionally high, to be shared with the issuing State in the event of agreement between the competent authorities or, failing that, to be borne by the issuing State. However, the is…

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

Article 689-3

…ion on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Communities on the application of the European Convention o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title VII: Challenges

Article 668

Any judge or adviser may be challenged for the following reasons: 1° If the judge or his spouse or his partner linked by a civil solidarity pact or his cohabitee are relatives or allies of one of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-31

…shall refuse to recognise or execute a European investigation order in one of the following cases: 1° If a privilege or immunity is an obstacle to its execution; where such privilege or immunity is l…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 694-21

Any European Investigation Order shall be drawn up using a form which has been completed, signed and the content of which is certified as accurate and correct by the issuing judicial authority, which…

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

Article 689-5

For the application of the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation and the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed P…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Recognition of European investigation decisions

Article 694-33

…n investigation decision may not be refused pursuant to 8° and 9° of Article 694-31 are as follows: 1° Obtaining information or evidence which is already in the possession of the French authorities an…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Transmission and execution of requests for mutual assistance

Article 694

In the absence of an international agreement stipulating otherwise: 1° Requests for mutual assistance from French judicial authorities to foreign judicial authorities shall be transmitted via the Mini…

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

Article 689-8

…ssels on 26 May 1997, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 : 1° Any Community official in the service of an institution of the European Communities or of a body…

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