The Financial Public Prosecutor, the Examining Magistrate and the Paris Criminal Court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52, 704 and 706-42 for the prosecution, investigation and trial of the following offences:
1° Offences provided for in articles 432-10 to 432-15,433-1 and 433-2,434-9,434-9-1,445-1 to 445-2-1 of the Criminal Code, in cases which are or would appear to be of great complexity, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend;
2° Offences provided for in articles L. 106 to L. 109 of the Electoral Code, in cases that are or would appear to be highly complex, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend;
3° Offences provided for in Articles 313-1 and 313-2 of the Criminal Code, when they relate to value added tax, in cases that are or would appear to be highly complex, due in particular to the large number of perpetrators, accomplices or victims or the geographical jurisdiction over which they extend ;
4° Offences provided for in Articles 435-1 to 435-10 of the Criminal Code;
5° Offences provided for in Articles 1741 and 1743 of the General Tax Code, when committed as part of an organised gang or when there are strong presumptions that the offences provided for in these same Articles result from one of the behaviours mentioned in 1° to 5° of II of Article L. 228 of the Book of Tax Procedures;
6° Laundering of the offences mentioned in 1° to 5° of this article and related offences;
7° Offences of criminal conspiracy provided for in Article 450-1 of the Criminal Code, when their purpose is the preparation of one of the offences mentioned in 1° to 6° of this Article punishable by at least five years’ imprisonment;
8° Offences provided for in Article 434-43-1 of the Criminal Code;
9° Offences provided for in Article L. 420-6 of the French Commercial Code.
Where they have jurisdiction to prosecute or investigate offences falling within the scope of this article, the Financial Public Prosecutor and the Paris Examining Magistrate shall exercise their powers throughout the national territory.
Within the Judicial Court of Paris, the First President, following the opinion of the President of the Judicial Court given after consultation with the Restricted Commission of the Assembly of Judges, shall designate one or more investigating judges and judges with special responsibility for the investigation and, in the case of misdemeanours, the trial of offences falling within the scope of this article.
Within the Paris Court of Appeal, the first president, after consulting the restricted committee of the assembly of judges, and the public prosecutor shall appoint, respectively, judges and public prosecutors with special responsibility for the trial of misdemeanours and the handling of cases falling within the scope of this article.