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Article 695-9-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing State of any appeal lodged and of the grounds raised, so that that authority may submit its observations, where appropriate by means of the telecommunications facilities provided for in Article 706-71. It shall inform the victim of the results of this action. .

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Article 695-9-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the request has been made with a view to the subsequent confiscation of the property, it shall be retained on French territory in accordance with the rules of this Code. If the investigating judge, in application of these rules, considers not to retain the property, he shall notify the judicial authority of the issuing State and give it an opportunity to comment before taking his decision. .

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Article 695-9-30 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Release of all or part of the freezing order may be requested by any interested person. When the investigating judge considers, of his own motion or at the request of any interested person, releasing the freezing order, he shall notify the judicial authority of the issuing State and give it an opportunity to comment. Release of the freezing order by the judicial authority of the issuing State automatically entails, at…

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Article 695-9-30-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders, the competent authorities referred to in Article 2(8) and (9) of that Regulation are as follows: 1° The authorities issuing freezing orders are the public prosecutor, the investigating courts, the liberty and custody judge and the trial courts competent under this…

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Article 695-9-30-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

It shall be carried out under the conditions laid down in articles 695-9-22 and 695-9-24 of this Code for the application of Article 33 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the mutual recognition of freezing orders and confiscation orders.

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Article 695-9-31 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA of 18 December 2006, the services or units of the national police, the national gendarmerie, the Directorate-General for Customs and Excise and the Directorate-General for Public Finances designated by order of the Minister for Justice and, as appropriate, the Minister for the Interior or the Minister for the Budget may, under the conditions laid down in this section, for the purposes of…

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Article 695-9-33 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If there are reasons to assume that a Member State holds information falling within the scope of Article 695-9-31 useful for the prevention of an offence or for investigations to establish proof thereof or to track down the perpetrators, the services and units referred to in the same Article may request that it be passed on to the competent services of that State. The request for transmission shall set out…

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