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Article 706-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the prosecution, investigation and trial of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the criminal court and the Paris assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52 and 382. As regards minors, the anti-terrorist public prosecutor, the investigating judge, the juvenile court judge, the juvenile court and the Paris juvenile assize court exercise concurrent jurisdiction…

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Article 706-17-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to the provisions of the third paragraph of Article 41, when exercising his jurisdiction pursuant to this section, the Counter-Terrorism Public Prosecutor may, by judicial delegation, request any public prosecutor to carry out or have carried out the acts necessary for the investigation and prosecution of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16 in the places where the latter has territorial jurisdiction. The judicial delegation shall mention…

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Article 706-17-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the trial of misdemeanours and felonies falling within the scope of Article 706-16, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal may, on the recommendation of the Public Prosecutor, after consulting the heads of the judicial courts concerned, the President of the Paris Bar and, where applicable, the President of the Paris Assize Court, decide that the hearing of the Criminal Court, the Paris Criminal Appeals Chamber or…

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Article 706-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that of Paris may, for offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, request the investigating judge to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the Paris investigating court. The parties shall be notified in advance and invited to make their observations by the investigating judge; the order shall be made eight days at the earliest and one month at the latest from…

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Article 706-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The court seised pursuant to this section shall retain jurisdiction regardless of the incriminations retained at the time of the settlement or judgment of the case, subject to the application of articles 181 and 469. If the facts constitute a contravention, the examining magistrate shall order the case to be referred to the competent police court pursuant to article 522.

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Article 706-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

An order made on the basis of article 706-18 by which an investigating judge decides to relinquish jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties, to the Criminal Division of the Cour de cassation, which shall designate, within eight days of the date of receipt of the file, the…

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Article 706-22-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 712-10, only the enforcement judge of the Paris judicial court has jurisdiction, the tribunal de l’application des peines de Paris and the chambre de l’application des peines de la cour d’appel de Paris to take decisions concerning persons sentenced by the tribunal correctionnel, the cour d’assises, the juge des enfants, the tribunal pour enfants or the cour d’assises des mineurs de Paris ruling pursuant to…

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Article 706-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The suspension of an online public communication service may be ordered by the interim relief judge for the facts provided for in Article 421-2-5 of the Criminal Code when they constitute a manifestly unlawful disturbance, at the request of the public prosecutor or any natural or legal person with an interest in acting.

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Article 706-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Officers and agents of the judicial police, assigned to the judicial police services specially responsible for combating terrorism, may be authorised by name by the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal to carry out investigations relating to offences falling within the scope of Article 706-16, identifying themselves by their administrative registration number. They may be authorised to give evidence or appear as witnesses under the same number. The…

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