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Article 694-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the surveillance provided for in Article 706-80 is to be prosecuted in a foreign State, it shall be authorised, under the conditions provided for by international conventions, by the public prosecutor in charge of the investigation. Records of the execution of surveillance operations or reports relating thereto, as well as authorisation to continue their execution on the territory of a foreign State, shall be placed in the record of…

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Article 694-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

With the prior agreement of the Minister of Justice to whom a request for mutual legal assistance has been made for this purpose, foreign police officers may pursue undercover operations on the territory of the Republic, under the direction of French judicial police officers, in accordance with the provisions of articles 706-81 à 706-87. The agreement of the Minister of Justice may be subject to conditions. The operation must then…

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Article 694-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

With the agreement of the foreign judicial authorities, the foreign police officers referred to in the second paragraph of Article 694-7 may also, under the conditions laid down by the articles 706-81 to 706-87, participate under the direction of French judicial police officers in undercover operations conducted on the territory of the Republic as part of national judicial proceedings.

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Article 694-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, in accordance with the stipulations of international conventions, the public prosecutor or investigating judge communicates information from ongoing criminal proceedings to foreign judicial authorities, he or she may subject the use of such information to conditions that he or she determines.

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Article 694-10 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the absence of an international convention stipulating otherwise, the articles 694-11 to 694-13 shall apply to requests for mutual assistance from the competent foreign authorities for the seizure, with a view to their subsequent confiscation, movable or immovable property, whatever its nature, which was used or intended to be used to commit the offence or which appears to be the direct or indirect proceeds of the offence, as well…

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Article 694-12 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The execution on the territory of the Republic of seizures that are the subject of a request made by a foreign judicial authority, pursuant to an international agreement, shall be ordered, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the terms of this Code, by the investigating judge at the request of or following the opinion of the public prosecutor.

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