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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-79

The decision of the liberty and custody judge taken pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 696-70 is subject to appeal in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 185 and 186. The appeal…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Recognition of judicial review decisions

Article 696-71

Recognition and monitoring of a judicial supervision order issued by the competent authority of another State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 696-73 and 696-74. In the absenc…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2a : Changing the sex designation in civil status records

Article 61-7

A mention of the decision to change the sex and, where applicable, the forenames is made in the margin of the birth certificate of the person concerned, at the request of the public prosecutor, within…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title XXI: Communication by electronic means.

Article 748-6

…n of the parties to the electronic communication, the integrity of the documents sent, the security and confidentiality of the exchanges, the preservation of the transmissions made and make it possibl…

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

Article 689-7

…Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, done at Montreal on 23 September 1971, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person who has been guilty, with the a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Mutual assistance for the purposes of hearings, surveillance or infiltration

Article 694-7

…give his consent only if the foreign agents are assigned in their country to a specialised service and carry out police duties similar to those of the specially authorised national agents referred to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-7

In the event that a person claimed is being prosecuted or has been convicted in France, and his extradition is requested from the French Government on account of a different offence, surrender shall b…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XIV: Recourse for compensation available to certain victims of damage resulting from an offence

Article 706-6

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXI: Witness protection

Article 706-61

The person under investigation or referred to the trial court may ask to be confronted with a witness heard under the provisions of Article 706-58 by means of a technical device enabling the witness t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XXII: Referral to the Cour de cassation for an opinion

Article 706-67

The Court of Cassation shall give its opinion within three months of receipt of the file.

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