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Article 709-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In each judicial court and in each court of appeal, an office for the enforcement of sentences shall be set up, the composition, tasks and operating procedures of which shall be specified by decree.

In particular, this office is responsible for providing any convicted person present at the end of the criminal court hearing with a statement of criminal convictions stating the sentences that have been handed down.

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Article 709-1

Dans chaque tribunal judiciaire et dans chaque cour d’appel, il est institué un bureau de l’exécution des peines, dont la composition, les missions et les modalités de fonctionnement sont précisées par décret.

Ce bureau est notamment chargé de remettre à toute personne condamnée présente à l’issue de l’audience du tribunal correctionnel un relevé de condamnation pénale mentionnant les peines qui ont été prononcées.

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