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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Sub-title II: Courts with jurisdiction to prosecute, investigate and try crimes against humanity and war crimes and offences

Article 628-2

…at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 628, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions relating to the recognition and enforcement by the French judicial authorities of a European Investigation Order issued by another Member State

Article 694-29

…judicial authorities for acts punishable in the issuing State as infringements of the rules of law and by a decision which may give rise to an appeal before a court having jurisdiction, in particular…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 60-2

…ic bodies or legal persons governed by private law, with the exception of those referred to in d of 2 of Article 9 of the aforementioned Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 and in 2° of article…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 1: Loss of French nationality

Article 23-6

…gement when the person concerned, French by descent, does not have possession of French nationality and has never had his or her habitual residence in France, if the ascendants, from whom he or she de…

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

Article 695-20

For the cases referred to in 3° of articles 695-18 and 695-21, the request for consent shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. It must contain,…

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

Article 695-21

…or to the enforcement of a custodial sentence or detention order for any act prior to the surrender and different from the offence which gave rise to that measure, except in one of the following cases…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subtitle I: Public and civil proceedings

Article 2-6

Any association that has been duly registered for at least five years at the time of the incident, and that uses its articles of association to combat discrimination based on sex, sexual orientation o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 61-2

If the victim is confronted with a person heard under the conditions provided for in Article 61-1 for a felony or misdemeanour punishable by a prison sentence, it may also ask to be assisted, in accor…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 62-2

…igators. This measure must be the sole means of achieving at least one of the following objectives: 1° To enable investigations involving the presence or participation of the person to be carried out;…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Flagrant crimes and offences

Article 63-2

…eight hours, the postponement of the notice may be maintained, for the same reasons, by the liberty and custody judge or the investigating judge, except when the notice concerns consular authorities.I…

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