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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Enforcement of fines and confiscation as well as reparation measures for victims

Article 627-16

…ation order, it may order all measures designed to enable the value of the proceeds, property or assets of which the court has ordered confiscation to be recovered, where it appears that the confiscat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: European investigation decisions under Directive 2014/41/EU of 3 April 2014

Article 694-16

A European Investigation Order is a judicial decision issued by a Member State, called the issuing State, requesting another Member State, called the executing State, using forms common to all States,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-16

The investigating chamber may, by a decision which is not subject to appeal, authorise the requesting State to intervene at the hearing at which the extradition request is considered, through a person…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions for issuing the European arrest warrant.

Article 695-16

…e request of the court or of its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the princip…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-169

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-162

The Agency is administered by a Board of Directors, chaired by a judge appointed by decree.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Common provisions

Article 712-16

In the exercise of their powers, the sentence enforcement courts may carry out or have carried out, throughout the national territory, all examinations, hearings, investigations, expert reports, requi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Tasks of the agency

Article 706-161

…ce useful for carrying out planned seizures and confiscations or managing seized and confiscated assets. It may carry out any information or training activities designed to publicise its work and prom…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter II: Organisation of the agency

Article 706-163

…confiscated sums managed by the agency as well as, of the proceeds from the sale of confiscated assets when the agency has intervened for their management or sale, except where the law provides for t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Jurisdiction

Article 706-168

…plication of Order no. 45-174 of 2 February 1945 relating to delinquent children. When they are competent to prosecute and investigate offences falling within the scope of Article 706-167, the Anti-Te…

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