Title XXVI: Procedure applicable in the event of pollution of maritime waters by discharges from ships and damage to maritime cultural property

For investigating, prosecuting, investigating and, in the case of misdemeanours, judging offences relating to the pollution of marine waters and waterways open to maritime navigation as provided for and punished by Chapter VIII of Title I of Book II of the code de l’environnement, which are committed in territorial waters, inland waters and navigable waterways, the jurisdiction of a judicial court may be extended to the jurisdiction of one or…

For the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the offences referred to in Article 706-107 committed outside maritime areas under French jurisdiction, the competent judicial court is the Paris judicial court.

The public prosecutor, the examining magistrate and the specialised correctional panel of the judicial court referred to in article 706-107 exercise, throughout the area of jurisdiction determined pursuant to this article, concurrent jurisdiction to that resulting from the application of articles 43,52,382 and 706-42. They also exercise, under the same conditions, concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the following jurisdictional criteria: 1° Place of registration of the vessel, craft or…

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than those referred to in Article 706-107 may, for offences falling within the scope of this article, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the investigating court with jurisdiction pursuant to this article. The parties shall be notified in advance and invited to make their observations by the investigating judge; the order shall be made eight days at the…

The order made pursuant to Article 706-110 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, either to the investigating chamber if the specialised court in favour of which relinquishment has been ordered or refused is within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal in which the court initially seised is…