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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of customs officers responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-5

The material organisation of the technical examination relating to the performance of certain judicial police duties by customs officers, and in particular the supply of copies and composition forms a…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article A37

…ons subject to the fixed fine procedure in cases where they are not paid immediately into the hands of the ticketing officer, the latter shall use forms whose characteristics are laid down by the prov…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article A37-5

The characteristics of the official statement of offence referred to in Article A. 37-1 are as follows: I.-On the front, on the left-hand side, the information provided for in I of

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 2: Provisions specific to civil parties

Article D594-13

…ossibility for the public prosecutor or the investigating or trial court hearing the case to order, of its own motion or at the request of the civil party, the translation of procedural documents cont…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Provisions applicable to Mayotte

Article D602

For the purposes of Article 883-2, the audiovisual means of communication provided for in Article 706-71, unless the person consents, or unless his or her transportation appears to have to be avoided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Designation of customs officers responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties

Article A36-8

The secretary of the commission: 1° Ensures that the papers have been double marked by a team comprising a magistrate and a customs official. The result of these double markings is submitted to the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Provisions relating to the electronic challenge of fixed fines

Article A37-20

…quest for exoneration or the claim may be made in electronic form in accordance with the provisions of this article. Except in the cases provided for in articles A. 37-20-1 to A. 37-20-5, the dispute…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: The right to an interpreter during interviews between the detainee and his lawyer

Article D594-3

For the purposes of the preliminary article, interviews with a lawyer that are directly connected with any questioning or hearing, and for which the person may ask to be assisted by an interpreter, ar…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A3

The list of candidates admitted to sit the technical examination is drawn up by the Director of Military Personnel of the National Gendarmerie.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of gendarmes as judicial police officers

Article A6

The rules governing access to the preparation and preparation of candidates for the technical examination are laid down by ministerial instruction.

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