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French Civil CodeIn force
Section 3: Views onto a neighbour's property

Article 679

Under the same proviso, side or oblique views cannot be had on the same inheritance unless there is a distance of six decimetres.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-3

On pain of nullity, the decision authorising the use of the device referred to in Article 706-102-1 specifies the offence giving rise to the operations, the exact location or detailed description of t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-5

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Capture of computer data

Article 706-102-1

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of accessing, recording, retaining and transmitting computer data in any place, as stored in a computer…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section V: Special rules for international notifications.

Article 683

Service of judicial and extrajudicial documents to or from abroad shall be governed by the rules laid down in this section, subject to the application of European regulations and international treatie…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-37

When requested to do so by the competent authority of the sentencing State, the public prosecutor will hear the sentenced person or the person responsible for assisting or representing them on account…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-41

At the request of the competent authority of the sentencing State, the public prosecutor shall inform it of the provisions applicable to conditional or early release.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-35

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the last known residence of the convicted person is located, the place where the person is held in custody or the place where the offen…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-36

Where, before transmitting the conviction and the certificate, the competent authority of the convicting State consults the Public Prosecutor, the latter shall inform him without delay if, pursuant to…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Receipt and investigation by the public prosecutor of the application for recognition and enforcement.

Article 728-39

The public prosecutor may ask the competent authority of the sentencing State whether it consents to the sentenced person being prosecuted, sentenced or deprived of liberty in France for an offence co…

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