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Article 689-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism, opened for signature in New York on 10 January 2000, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions set out in Article 689-1 any person guilty of a felony or misdemeanour defined by the Articles 421-1 to 421-2-2 of the Penal Code where this offence constitutes financing of terrorist acts within the meaning of Article…

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Article 689-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Except in the cases provided for in Subtitle I of Title I of Book IV for the application of the Convention on the Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature in Rome on 18 July 1998, any person suspected of having committed abroad one of the following offences may be prosecuted and tried by the French courts, if he is habitually resident in the territory of the Republic:…

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Article 689-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Regulation (EC) No 561/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the harmonisation of certain social legislation relating to road transport, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any person guilty of infringements of the rules on driving time and rest periods within the meaning of Chapter II of the same regulation committed in…

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Article 689-13 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, adopted in New York on 20 December 2006, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions provided for in article 689-1 of this code any person guilty of or complicit in a crime defined in 9° of article 212-1 or in Article 221-12 of the Criminal Code when this offence constitutes an enforced disappearance…

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Article 689-14 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of the Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 14 May 1954, and the Second Protocol to the Hague Convention of 1954 for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict, done at The Hague on 26 March 1999, may be prosecuted and tried under the conditions laid down in Article 689-1 any…

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Article 692 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the cases provided for in the previous chapter, no proceedings may be brought against a person who can prove that he or she has been finally tried abroad for the same acts and, in the event of conviction, that the sentence has been served or is time-barred.

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Article 693 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The competent court is that of the place where the accused resides, that of his last known residence, that of the place where he is found, that of the residence of the victim or, if the offence was committed on board or against an aircraft, or the victims of the offence were persons on board an aircraft, that of the place of take-off, destination or landing of the aircraft. These…

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