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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Transfer.

Article 728-63

…l be sent by the public prosecutor to the competent authority of the sentencing State. It must include the information provided for in Article 695-13 and be translated in the manner provided for in l'…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Article 728-31

Recognition and enforcement on French territory of a conviction handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. The decisi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-45

…offences, the public prosecutor shall consult the competent authority of the convicting State in order to determine whether partial enforcement of the decision, in respect of only those offences that…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-46

When the public prosecutor proposes to adapt the sentence pursuant to Article 728-44, he shall immediately refer the matter to the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him for app…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Decision on recognition and enforcement and enforcement and appeals.

Article 728-51

…f one has been appointed, the convicted person's lawyer are heard. The Criminal Appeals Chamber may decide to hear the convicted person or to have him or her heard by the competent authority of the co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 6: Provisional arrest.

Article 728-69

Orders made by the liberty and custody judge pursuant to articles 728-67 and 728-68 may be appealed to the chambre des appels correctionnels. The third paragraph of Article 194 and the sixth and seven…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-2

The provisions concerning the suspension or splitting of the sentence, work release, temporary absences, semi-liberty and conditional release are not applicable during the period of security provided…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 717-1

Under conditions laid down by decree in the Conseil d'Etat, persons convicted of an offence for which socio-judicial supervision is incurred serve their sentence in prison establishments that provide…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: General provisions

Article 716-1

The penalty for one day's imprisonment is twenty-four hours. That of one month is thirty days. A sentence of more than one month is calculated from day to day.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Security period

Article 720-3

Where the convicted person is serving several sentences which are not concurrent and all of which carry a security period, these security periods are served cumulatively and continuously. In the case…

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