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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706

…hem by magistrates and may in particular: 1° Assist investigating judges in all investigative acts; 2° Assist magistrates of the public prosecutor's office in the exercise of public prosecution; 3° As…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-9

…directly accessible, via a secure electronic communications system: 1° To the judicial authorities; 2° To criminal investigation officers, in the context of proceedings concerning one of the offences…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Automated national criminal database for perpetrators of terrorist offences

Article 706-25-4

…l, including a conviction in absentia or a conviction with a dispensation or deferment of sentence; 2° A decision, even if not yet final, imposing an educational measure, a dispensation from an educat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Specific powers of the Paris Judicial Court and the Financial Public Prosecutor

Article 705

…er of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend; 2° Offences provided for in articles L. 106 to L. 109 of the Electoral Code, in cases that are or wo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title XVII: Prosecution, investigation and judgment of offences relating to trafficking in human beings, procuring or the use of prostitution of minors

Article 706-37

…ssor and the owner of the land where an establishment is operated in which the facts referred to in 2° of article 225-10 of the Penal Code and shall have the initiation of proceedings and the decision…

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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
Chapter III: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 706-1-1

…ticles 432-11,432-15,433-1,433-2,434-9,434-9-1,435-1 to 435-4and 435-7 to 435-10 of the Penal Code; 2° Aux articles 1741 and 1743 of the General Tax Code, when they are committed as part of an organis…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Acts and decisions subject to the procedure provided for in Article 696-114

Article 696-122

However, the Deputy European Public Prosecutor is competent to order the following measures, ex officio or at the request of the person under investigation:

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

Article 696-80

…mber considers raising one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 3° of Article 696-73 or 2° of article 696-74, there is no need to inform the competent authority of the issuing State if thi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of specialised inter-regional courts in economic and financial matters

Article 704

…324-2,432-10 to 432-15,433-1 and 433-2,434-9,434-9-1,442-1 to 442-8 and 321-6-1 of the penal code; 2° Offences provided for by the code de commerce ; 3° Délits prévus par le code monétaire et financi…

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