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Article 706-102-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

With a view to setting up the technical device referred to in Article 706-102-1, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, or the investigating judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the premises or any person…

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Article 706-103 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In the event of an investigation being opened for one of the offences falling within the scope of articles 706-73,706-73-1and 706-74 and in order to guarantee payment of the fines incurred and, where applicable, compensation for victims, the liberty and custody judge, at the request of the public prosecutor, may order, at the advanced expense of the Treasury and in accordance with the procedures laid down by civil enforcement procedures,…

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Article 706-105 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, in the course of the investigation, the provisions of articles 706-80 to 706-95, a person who has been in police custody six months previously and who has not been prosecuted may ask the public prosecutor in whose jurisdiction the police custody took place about the outcome of the investigation or the outcome that may be given. This request is made by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. When the…

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Article 706-105-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-Notwithstanding Article 11, the Paris Public Prosecutor may, for investigation or inquiry proceedings falling within the scope of Article 706-72-1, communicate to the State services mentioned in second paragraph of article L. 2321-2 of the French Defence Code, on its own initiative or at the request of these services, information of any kind contained in these procedures and necessary for the performance of their mission in terms of the security…

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Article 706-106 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Without prejudice to articles 706-81 to 706-87 and for the sole purpose of recording the offences referred to in 12° of Article 706-73, identify the perpetrators and accomplices and carry out the seizures provided for in this Code, officers of the judicial police and judicial police officers placed under their authority may, with the authorisation of the public prosecutor or investigating judge hearing the case, who shall give prior notice…

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Article 706-106-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

One or more judicial courts designated by decree shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 43,52and 382 of this code for the investigation, prosecution, trial and judgment of the crimes provided for in articles 221-1 to 221-5,222-1,222-3 to 222-6,222-23 to 222-26and 224-1 to 224-3 of the Criminal Code and all offences related to these crimes, when at least one of the two following conditions is…

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Article 706-106-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Within this or these judicial court or courts, the public prosecutor and the first president, after consulting the public prosecutor and the president of the judicial court, shall respectively designate one or more public prosecutors and investigating judges with special responsibility for the investigation, prosecution and investigation of offences falling within the scope of Article 706-106-1. Designated public prosecutors and investigating judges, as well as the public prosecutor at the…

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Article 706-106-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at a judicial court other than that or those mentioned in Article 706-106-1 may, for offences covered by the same article 706-106-1, ex officio, on the proposal of the investigating judge or at the request of the parties, request the investigating judge initially seised to relinquish jurisdiction in favour of the investigating court with jurisdiction pursuant to the said article 706-106-1. If they did not initiate the…

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