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Article 706-106-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigating judge or at the request of the parties, request the investigating judge initially seised to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the investigating court with jurisdiction pursuant to the said article 706-106-1.

If they did not initiate the request, the parties are notified of these requests and invited by the investigating judge to make their observations known.

The order declining jurisdiction is made eight days at the earliest and one month at the latest from the date of the request or the notice given to the parties.

The last three paragraphs of Article 706-77 and article 706-78 are applicable to this order.

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Article 706-106-3

Le procureur de la République près un tribunal judiciaire autre que celui ou ceux mentionnés à l’article 706-106-1 peut, pour les infractions relevant du même article 706-106-1, d’office, sur proposition du juge d’instruction ou à la requête des parties, requérir du juge d’instruction initialement saisi de se dessaisir au profit de la juridiction d’instruction compétente en application dudit article 706-106-1.


Si elles ne sont pas à l’origine de la demande, les parties sont avisées de ces réquisitions et sont invitées par le juge d’instruction à faire connaître leurs observations.


L’ordonnance statuant sur le dessaisissement est rendue huit jours au plus tôt et un mois au plus tard à compter des réquisitions ou de l’avis donné aux parties.


Les trois derniers alinéas de l’article 706-77 et l’article 706-78 sont applicables à cette ordonnance.

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