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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: The national member of Eurojust

Article 695-8-5

I. - The national member may, as a national authority with the authorisation of the competent judicial authority, submit requests or take decisions in matters of judicial cooperation in application, i…

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

Article 706-25-8

Any person whose identity is recorded in the file is informed of this by the judicial authority either by personal notification, or by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt sent to the las…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: The automated national judicial database for perpetrators of sexual or violent offences

Article 706-53-8

Under terms specified by the decree provided for in article 706-53-12, the file manager shall directly notify the Ministry of the Interior, which shall immediately forward the information to the compe…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-2

As part of an operation to monitor the routing or transport of objects, goods or proceeds derived from the commission of one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1or 706-…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Surveillance

Article 706-80-1

Where there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting persons of having committed one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73,706-73-1 or 706-74, in the context of a surveil…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Police custody

Article 706-88-1

…exceptionally and in accordance with the procedures set out in the second paragraph of Article 706-88, decide that the current police custody of a person, based on one of the offences referred to in…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Sub-section 4 - Automatic processing of personal data for the purpose of establishing the biological profile of athletes referred to in Article L. 230-3

Article R232-41-8

The data referred to in article R. 232-41-3 shall be erased at the latest ten years after the date on which it was recorded in the data processing system.

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 4: Investigations

Article R232-86-2

…ncerned. The investigators may take explanations on the spot, on the basis of 3° of article L. 232-18-4 or article L. 232-18-7, provided that the person heard has been expressly informed of the right…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-2

The French Anti-Doping Agency is authorised to create an automated personal data processing system to facilitate the exchange of information relating to Therapeutic Use Exemptions between this Agency,…

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French Sports CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Automated processing of personal data known as "Therapeutic Use Exemptions for Sportsmen and Sportswomen".

Article R232-85-5

I.-The data collected directly by the French Anti-Doping Agency pursuant to article R. 232-85-4 is used for processing. II-This processing is also fed by data of the same nature made available to the…

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