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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

…tificate specifying in particular: 1° The designation of the issuing State and the executing State; 2° The designation of the competent authority which ordered the placement under judicial supervision…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-24

…rench courts or if the French courts have decided not to institute proceedings or to terminate them;2° Si la personne recherchée pour l'exécution d'une peine ou d'une mesure de sûreté privative de lib…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5

…tor of offences of which it is aware and ask him to have an investigation carried out or prosecuted;2° Ask the Public Prosecutor to report offences or have offences reported to the competent authoriti…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-52

…the executing State and, having been informed of the measures concerned, consents to return there; 2° The person concerned requests that the decision to place him or her under judicial supervision be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22-1

…he possibility that a decision may be handed down against him in the event of his failure to appear;2° Having been informed of the date and place of the trial, he was defended during the trial by a co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 695-9-3

…competent to execute the said order in the issuing State, if different from the issuing authority; 2° (Repealed) 3° The date and purpose of the freezing order; 4° Data making it possible to identify…

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

Article 695-21

…the person does not benefit from the speciality rule in accordance with 1° to 4° of Article 695-18; 2° Where the person expressly agrees, after surrender, to be delivered to another Member State under…

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

Article 695-18

…t of the specialty rule under the conditions provided for by the law of the executing Member State; 2° Where the person expressly renounces, after his surrender, the benefit of the specialty rule unde…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions applicable to requests for information received by the French services

Article 695-9-41

…ng that providing it : 1° Would undermine the fundamental national security interests of the State; 2° Would prejudice the conduct of criminal investigations or jeopardise the safety of individuals; 3…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 695-12

…ntence has been passed, where the sentence passed is equal to or exceeds four months' imprisonment; 2° Offences punishable by a detention order for a period equal to or exceeding one year or, where a…

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