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Article D48-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Under the provisions of the fifth paragraph of Article 707-1, where the natural or legal person ordered to pay a sum of money or compensation has his or her habitual residence or registered office in a Member State of the European Union or possesses assets or income there, the public prosecutor may request enforcement of the financial penalty from the competent authority of the State in which the sentenced person has his or her habitual residence, registered office, assets or income.

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Article D48-12

En application des dispositions du cinquième alinéa de l’article 707-1, lorsque la personne physique ou morale condamnée au paiement d’une somme d’argent ou d’une indemnité a sa résidence habituelle ou son siège dans un Etat membre de l’Union européenne ou y possède des biens ou des revenus, le ministère public peut demander l’exécution de la sanction pécuniaire à l’autorité compétente de l’Etat où se trouvent la résidence habituelle, le siège, les biens ou les revenus de la personne condamnée.

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