Chapter II: Seizure of assets

If the investigation relates to an offence punishable by at least five years’ imprisonment, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor, order by reasoned decision the seizure, at the advanced expense of the Treasury, of the property for which confiscation is provided pursuant to the fifth and sixth paragraphs of article 131-21 of the Criminal Code when the law punishing the crime or offence…

The rules specific to certain types of property laid down in this Title, with the exception of those relating to the attachment order, shall apply to property included in whole or in part in the assets seized.