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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-9

…ssion of Terrorist Bombings, opened for signature in New York on 12 January 1998, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a crime or offence of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-12

For the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-11

Without prejudice to the application of Article 694-4, the request submitted under Article 694-10 is rejected if one of the grounds for refusal mentioned in article 713-37 already appears to have been…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Mutual assistance for the purpose of seizing the proceeds of an offence with a view to their subsequent confiscation

Article 694-12

…pursuant to an international agreement, shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the terms of this Code, by the investigating judge at the request of or follo…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Title II: Forgery

Article 647-1

…tion or an order granting permission to register the application as false.In the event of rejection and unless expressly exempted, the applicant shall be ordered to pay a fine, the rate of which shall…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-3

…f the European Convention on the Suppression of Terrorism, signed in Strasbourg on 27 January 1977, and of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Communities on the application of the…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction of French courts

Article 689-13

…All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of this code any person guilty of or co…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Miscellaneous provisions

Article 696-43

…cape or death of the person claimed. The Investigating Chamber shall order the return of the papers and other objects listed above which do not relate to the act imputed to the person claimed. It shal…

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

Article 696-8

…aph, any request for extradition shall be sent to the French government through diplomatic channels and accompanied either by a judgment or a sentence, even in absentia, or an act of criminal procedur…

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

Article 696-16

…Where the requesting State is authorised to intervene, it shall not become a party to the proceedings.

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