Bulletin no. 3 is the record of the following convictions handed down by a national court for a felony or misdemeanour, where they are not excluded from Bulletin no. 2:
1° Sentences involving deprivation of liberty of more than two years which are not suspended or which must be served in full by the effect of revocation of the suspended sentence;
2° Sentences involving deprivation of liberty of the kind referred to in 1° above and of a duration of less than or equal to two years, if the court has ordered this to be entered in bulletin no. 3;
3° Sentences involving prohibitions, disqualifications or incapacities handed down by a national court without a suspended sentence, pursuant to the articles 131-6 to 131-11 of the Criminal Code, for the duration of the prohibitions, disqualifications or incapacities;
4° Decisions imposing the socio-judicial supervision provided for by Article 131-36-1 of the Criminal Code or the prohibition from exercising a professional or voluntary activity involving habitual contact with minors, for the duration of the measure.
Bulletin No. 3 also contains foreign court sentences of more than two years’ imprisonment that are not suspended.
Bulletin No. 3 may be requested by the person it concerns, it must not, under any circumstances, be issued to a third party, unless it is the central authority of a Member State of the European Union, referred to by the person concerned.
If the applicant is a foreigner who is a national of a Member State of the European Union, any request for bulletin no. 3 shall be addressed to the central authority of that State, so that it may communicate the particulars that appear on the bulletin issued to him or her.
If the applicant for bulletin no. 3 is a national of a third country or stateless person, the automated national criminal record sends a request for information extracted from the criminal record only to the central authorities of the Member States of the European Union identified via the centralised European data processing system known as “ECRIS-TCN” and which hold information on the criminal record of the person concerned. It shall include this information in the bulletin issued to the applicant.
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