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Section 3: Provisions relating to the recognition and monitoring in the territory of the French Republic of judicial supervision orders issued by the competent authorities of other Member States of the European Union

Article 696-66 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor shall receive requests for the recognition and enforcement in the territory of the French Republic of judicial supervision orders issued by the competent authorities of other Member States, as well as all decisions to extend, modify or release measures already ordered and recognised. It may obtain or have obtained any additional information it deems useful. Where the certificate referred to in Article 696-53 is incomplete or clearly…

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Article 696-67 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The competent public prosecutor is the one in whose jurisdiction the habitual and lawful residence of the person placed under judicial supervision is located or the one where the person requests to reside. Failing this, the public prosecutor at the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction. If the public prosecutor to whom the request has been addressed by the issuing State does not have jurisdiction, he will forward it without delay…

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Article 696-68 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where, before transmitting the decision to place the person under judicial supervision and the certificate, the competent authority of the issuing State consults the public prosecutor in cases where, pursuant to 2° of Article 696-52, recognition of the decision is subject to the consent of the executing State, the public prosecutor consents to the transmission of the decision to place the person concerned under judicial supervision if the person concerned…

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Article 696-69 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Within three working days of receipt of the request and the decisions provided for in Article 696-66, the public prosecutor shall submit the request, together with his or her submissions, to the liberty and custody judge with territorial jurisdiction. The public prosecutor shall submit the request, together with his or her submissions, to the liberty and custody judge with territorial jurisdiction.

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Article 696-70 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The juge des libertés et de la détention shall have jurisdiction, under the conditions laid down in this chapter, to rule on applications for recognition of judicial supervision orders issued by the competent authorities of other Member States. It shall be competent, in the event of a subsequent decision to extend or modify the judicial supervision measures, to adapt these measures in accordance with Article 696-75 or to refuse to…

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Article 696-71 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Recognition and monitoring of a judicial supervision order issued by the competent authority of another State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 696-73 and 696-74. In the absence of one of the grounds for refusal provided for in the same articles 696-73 and 696-74, the liberty and custody judge shall recognise the decision to place the person under judicial supervision as enforceable on the territory…

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Article 696-72 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When it intends to oppose one of the grounds for refusal provided for in 1° to 3° of Article 696-73 or 2° of Article 696-74, the liberty and custody judge shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State, if the public prosecutor has not already done so, and shall allow it a maximum of ten days to provide any additional information that may be required. .

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Article 696-73 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Recognition and enforcement of the judicial supervision order shall be refused in the following cases: 1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or clearly does not correspond to a judicial supervision order and has not been completed or corrected within the time limit set; 2° The conditions set out in Articles 696-50 to 696-52 are not fulfilled, in particular where, pursuant to 2° of Article 696-52, recognition of the…

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Article 696-74 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Recognition and follow-up of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision may be refused in the following cases: 1° Where the surrender of the person concerned could not be ordered in the event of a European arrest warrant being issued for that person due to non-compliance with the measures ordered under the judicial supervision ; 2° Where the decision to place the person under judicial supervision is based…

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Article 696-75 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The liberty and custody judge shall assess whether it is appropriate to adapt the judicial supervision measures ordered by the competent authority of the issuing State. When the nature of the measure ordered by the competent authority of the issuing State does not correspond to the measures provided for under French law, the liberty and custody judge shall replace the measure ordered with the measure that best corresponds to the…

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