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Article 685 of the French Code of civil procedure

The authority responsible for service shall give two copies of the document to the public prosecutor, who shall endorse the original.

The public prosecutor shall forward the copies of the document without delay to the Minister of Justice for transmission or to the authority designated under the applicable European regulation or international treaty.

He shall attach an order from the judge prescribing transmission of the document where the intervention of the judge is required by the recipient country.

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Article 685

L’autorité chargée de la notification remet deux copies de l’acte au procureur de la République qui vise l’original.

Le procureur de la République fait parvenir sans délai les copies de l’acte au ministre de la justice aux fins de transmission ou à l’autorité désignée en vertu du règlement européen ou du traité international applicable.

Il y joint une ordonnance du juge prescrivant la transmission de l’acte lorsque l’intervention du juge est exigée par le pays destinataire.

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