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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-16

…magistrate and two qualified persons, designated for their expertise in the field of genetics or information technology, appointed under the same conditions..

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-15

…ling Directive 95/46/EC and Articles 56 and 110 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés. II.The rights of information and access referred to in Art…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-10

…art of a preliminary investigation, an investigation into a flagrant crime or misdemeanour, or an information, relating to one of the offences mentioned in article 706-55, or as part of an investigati…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-14-4

…r, to the interested party. It may only be appealed to the Supreme Court if it does not satisfy, in form, the essential conditions for its legal existence.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-12-1

In accordance with the provisions of Article L. 235-1 of the Internal Security Code, the results of DNA identification tests on the persons mentioned in III of Article R. 53-10 transmitted by foreign…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-18

…e judicial authority or judicial police officers, ensure that the file is fed, have access to the information recorded and carry out reconciliation operations. Officers and agents of the judicial poli…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-19-1

…conditions laid down by the articles 112 à 114 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 relative à l'informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-19

…may not be interconnected, reconciled or linked with any other automated processing of nominative information, with the exception of: 1° Processing implemented by the central service for the preservat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-13

The number and nature of the non-coding DNA segments on which genetic fingerprint identification analyses are based are defined by order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior iss…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Book IV: Some special procedures

Article R53-9

The Minister for the Interior (Service National de Police Scientifique) is authorised to implement the automated processing of personal data referred to in Article 706-54, known as the "fichier nation…

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