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Title XIIIa: Procedure applicable to health and environmental offences

Article 706-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-The territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or more courts of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, inquiry and, in the case of misdemeanours, the judgment of the offences defined below in cases relating to a health product as defined by the article L. 5311-1 du code de la santé publique or to a product intended for human or animal consumption or to…

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Article 706-2-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at the court of appeal within whose jurisdiction a court with jurisdiction under Article 706-2, in consultation with the other public prosecutors in the inter-regional jurisdiction, leads and coordinates public action policy for the application of this article.

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Article 706-2-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Articles 706-80 to 706-87 and 706-95 to 706-103 are applicable to the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment: 1° Of the offences provided for in articles L. 5421-2, L. 5421-13, L. 5426-1, L. 5432-1, L. 5432-2, L. 5432-3, L. 5438-4, L. 5438-6, L. 5439-1, L. 5439-2, L. 5442-10, L. 5442-14, L. 5461-3 and L. 5462-3 of the Public Health Code, when they are punishable by a prison sentence of more than…

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Article 706-2-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-Within the jurisdiction of each court of appeal, the territorial jurisdiction of a judicial court is extended to the jurisdiction of the court of appeal for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of offences, excluding those mentioned in articles 706-75 and 706-107 of this code, provided for by the code de l’environnement, by the code forestier, in Title V of Book II of the Rural and Maritime Fishing Code, in…

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