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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Subsection 3: Implementation costs

Article 694-50

The costs of executing European mutual assistance requests shall be borne by the executing State, except, where they may be considered exceptionally high, to be shared with the issuing State in the ev…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Conditions for extradition

Article 696-5

If, for a single offence, extradition is requested concurrently by several States, it shall be granted in preference to the State against whose interests the offence was directed, or to the State on w…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-53

The surrender of a person who is a French national or who was a French national at the time of the acts covered by the arrest warrant issued by a State that is not a member of the European Union shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-52

…place a person under judicial supervision may give rise to transmission to the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union where: 1° The person concerned is habitually resident,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Provisions relating to the transmission by the French judicial authorities of decisions relating to judicial supervision to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union

Article 696-56

…authorities competent to decide on placement under judicial supervision pursuant to the provisions of this Code shall also be competent to place a person under judicial supervision in another Member…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: The Eurojust Agency

Article 695-5

…ust Agency, acting through the national member or as a college, may:1° Inform the Public Prosecutor of offences of which it is aware and ask him to have an investigation carried out or prosecuted;2° A…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Transit

Article 695-50

In the event of an accidental landing on national territory, the issuing Member State shall provide the Minister for Justice with the information provided for in Article 695-48.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-53

…cision to place a person under judicial supervision taken pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and supervision in the territory of the Republic or in that of another Member State s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 696-55

The transmission of the certified copy of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision, of the certificate and of all correspondence and documents relating thereto shall be effected dir…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

For the application of Article 695-46, in the context of the surrender procedures provided for in this section, consent shall be refused to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the of…

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