Section 6: Simplified exchange of information between departments pursuant to the Framework Decision of the Council of the European Union of 18 December 2006

The services and units referred to in Article 695-9-31 shall, at their request, forward to the competent services of the Member States the information, referred to in the same Article, that is useful for the prevention of an offence or for investigations to establish proof thereof or to track down the perpetrators.

If there are facts to suggest that information referred to in Article 695-9-31 could be useful to another Member State either in preventing an offence falling within one of the categories listed in Article 694-32 and punishable in France by a custodial sentence of at least three years’ imprisonment, or in order to conduct investigations to establish proof or to track down the perpetrators of such an offence, the service…

When information held by the services and units mentioned in Article 695-9-31 have been transmitted to them by a Member State on the basis of the provisions of Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA, they may only be transmitted to another Member State with the agreement of the State which had transmitted them and under the conditions set by it. Where the information held by these same services or units had been transmitted…

Information may only be transmitted to the competent services of the Member State that requested it with the prior authorisation of a magistrate whenever such authorisation is required in France to access the same information or to transmit it to a criminal investigation department or unit. Where such authorisation is required, the department or unit from which the information is requested shall request it from the competent magistrate. Documents from…