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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-33

If the Investigating Chamber considers that the information communicated by the issuing Member State in the European arrest warrant is insufficient to enable it to rule on the surrender, it shall requ…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title III: Conditional release

Article 730-2-1

…e person has been sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Criminal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-84

…code. As soon as the judicial supervision order is recognised as enforceable in France, the liberty and custody judge shall take the necessary measures to monitor the measures ordered, where applicabl…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-86

During the monitoring of supervision measures, the liberty and custody judge may at any time invite the competent authority of the issuing State to provide information as to whether monitoring of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-89

When the liberty and custody judge is informed that the person concerned has established his lawful and habitual residence in another State, he shall inform the competent authorities of the issuing St…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-85

…son placed under judicial supervision cannot be found on the territory of the Republic, the liberty and custody judge shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State of the impossibility of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-87

Where the liberty and custody judge has forwarded several notices pursuant to the second paragraph of Article 696-86 concerning the same person to the competent authority of the issuing State without…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Monitoring of judicial supervision decisions

Article 696-88

…authority of the issuing State does not take a decision within the period specified by the liberty and custody judge, the latter may decide to terminate the monitoring of the measures ordered.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter IV: Common provisions.

Article 1015-2

…nvites a person to submit general observations on the points it determines pursuant to article L. 431-3-1 of the Code of Judicial Organisation, the latter may make written observations, which are then…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IIa: Judicial measures to help manage the family budget

Article 1200-2

…dicial measure of assistance with the management of the family budget provided for in Article 375-9-1 of the Civil Code lies with the children's judge of the place of residence of the recipient or ben…

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