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Article D8-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The international police cooperation bodies placed within the National Directorate of Judicial Police are as follows:

1° The National Central Bureau-France of the international criminal police organisation Interpol;

2° The N-SIS II Office and the Sirene Office, which make up the national part of the Schengen Information System;

3° The national unit of the European Police Office, known as Europol.

The National Directorate of Judicial Police is the national authority designated by Article 40(5) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985.

It is also the national authority responsible for verifying requests for access to the EURODAC database for law enforcement purposes under Regulation (EU) No 603/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 concerning the establishment of Eurodac for the comparison of fingerprints for the effective application of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013.

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Article D8-2

Les organes de coopération internationale policière placés au sein de la direction nationale de la police judiciaire sont les suivants :

1° Le bureau central national-France de l’organisation internationale de police criminelle Interpol ;

2° L’office N-SIS II et le bureau Sirene, qui composent la partie nationale du système d’information Schengen ;

3° L’unité nationale de l’Office européen de police, dénommé Europol.

La direction nationale de la police judiciaire est l’autorité nationale désignée par l’article 40, paragraphe 5, de la convention d’application de l’accord de Schengen du 14 juin 1985.

Elle est également l’autorité nationale chargée de la vérification des demandes d’accès à la base EURODAC à des fins répressives en vertu du règlement (UE) n° 603/2013 du Parlement européen et du Conseil du 26 juin 2013 relatif à la création d’Eurodac pour la comparaison des empreintes digitales aux fins de l’application efficace du règlement (UE) n° 604/2013.

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