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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VII: Pseudonymous investigations

Article 230-46

…te in electronic exchanges, including with persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences; 2° By this means, extract or store data on persons likely to be the perpetrators of these offences a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-13

…ording of data concerning these persons may take place, where appropriate, after their conviction ; 2° Against whom there are serious grounds for suspecting that they have committed or attempted to co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-20

…ry enquiries, flagrante delicto enquiries or investigations carried out under a rogatory commission;2° Procedures for investigating the causes of death or disappearance provided for by the articles 74…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-40

…ate, time and place where the technical means mentioned in article 230-32 was installed or removed; 2° The recording of location data and the elements that make it possible to identify a person who to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter III: Court reconciliation software

Article 230-25

…designated and specially empowered, for the sole purposes of the investigations referred to them ; 2° Public prosecutors and investigating magistrates, for investigations relating to offences referre…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Background files

Article 230-10

The specially authorised personnel of the national police and gendarmerie services designated for this purpose as well as the specially authorised personnel of the State invested by law with judicial…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Specific powers of the President of the Investigating Chamber

Article 221-3

…e or more of the persons under investigation, even in the absence of an application to that effect; 2° Declare one or more acts null and void under the conditions provided for by Article 206; 3° To ca…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter VIII: Recording and fixing images in public places using airborne devices

Article 230-47

…stigation or enquiry into a crime or misdemeanour punishable by at least three years' imprisonment; 2° An investigation or enquiry into the causes of death or disappearance provided for in Articles 74…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter V: Geolocation

Article 230-35

…230-33, from the liberty and custody judge, referred to for this purpose by the public prosecutor; 2° In the cases provided for in 2° of the same article 230-33, from the investigating judge or, if t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Serial analysis files

Article 230-16

The following shall be recipients of the personal data referred to in this section:

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