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Article 695-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Eurojust Agency, acting through the national member or as a college, may:

1° Inform the Public Prosecutor of offences of which it is aware and ask him to have an investigation carried out or prosecuted;

2° Ask the Public Prosecutor to report offences or have offences reported to the competent authorities of another Member State of the European Union;

3° Asking the Public Prosecutor to have a joint investigation team set up;

4° Asking the Public Prosecutor or the investigating judge to provide him with information from judicial proceedings that is necessary for the performance of his duties.

The Eurojust Agency acting through the national member may, in addition, request the public prosecutor to arrange for any special investigative measure or any other measure justified by the investigations or prosecutions.

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Article 695-5

L’Agence Eurojust, agissant par l’intermédiaire du membre national ou en tant que collège, peut :

1° Informer le procureur général des infractions dont elle a connaissance et lui demander de faire procéder à une enquête ou de faire engager des poursuites ;

2° Demander au procureur général de dénoncer ou de faire dénoncer des infractions aux autorités compétentes d’un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne ;

3° Demander au procureur général de faire mettre en place une équipe commune d’enquête ;

4° Demander au procureur général ou au juge d’instruction de lui communiquer les informations issues de procédures judiciaires qui sont nécessaires à l’accomplissement de ses tâches.

L’Agence Eurojust agissant par l’intermédiaire du membre national peut, en outre, demander au procureur général de faire prendre toute mesure d’investigation particulière ou toute autre mesure justifiée par les investigations ou les poursuites.

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