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Article 712-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When deciding whether to grant one of the measures provided for in Articles 712-6 and 712-7, the sentence enforcement courts may in the same judgment, at the request of the convicted person, relieve him or her in whole or in part, including as regards duration, of a prohibition resulting ipso jure from a criminal conviction or imposed as an additional penalty, either from holding a public office or a professional…

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Article 712-22-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When a person placed under the supervision of the sentence enforcement judge has been convicted of a crime or an offence mentioned in article 706-47, this judge may, ex officio or at the request of the public prosecutor, order that a copy of the sentencing decision or the decision to adjust the sentence, of conditional release, judicial supervision or security surveillance is sent to the person with whom the convicted…

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Article 712-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A decree shall specify the conditions of application of the provisions of this chapter. This decree specifies the conditions under which the expert opinion provided for by article 712-21 may not be ordered, with the agreement of the public prosecutor, either because of the existence in the convicted person’s file of a previous expert opinion, or, for persons convicted of offences for which it sets the list, in the event…

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Article 713 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A confiscation order is a final penalty or measure ordered by a court in a Member State of the European Union, referred to as the issuing State, following proceedings in respect of one or more criminal offences, resulting in the permanent deprivation of one or more items of property. The judicial authority shall be competent, in accordance with the rules and conditions laid down in this section, to transmit to…

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Article 713-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Confiscation orders which may give rise to transmission to or enforcement in another State are those which confiscate property, movable or immovable, tangible or intangible, as well as any legal instrument or document evidencing title to or interest in such property, on the grounds: 1° That they constitute the instrument or object of an offence; 2° That they constitute the proceeds of an offence or correspond in whole or in…

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Article 713-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any confiscation order shall be accompanied by a certificate drawn up by the competent authority of the issuing State comprising the following particulars: 1° The identification of the issuing State; 2° The identification of the court in the issuing State that issued the order; 3° The identity of the natural or legal persons against whom the confiscation order was issued; 4° Data making it possible to identify the property that…

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Article 713-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The confiscation order or certified copy thereof and the certificate shall, subject to the second subparagraph, be transmitted by the competent authority of the issuing State directly to the competent authority of the executing State by any means which leaves a written record under conditions allowing that authority to verify their authenticity. Where a Member State of the European Union has made a declaration to this effect, the confiscation order…

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Article 713-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor at the court which ordered the confiscation shall draw up the relevant certificate and shall transmit the decision and the certificate, in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 713-4, to the competent authority of the competent State or States pursuant to articles 713-6 to 713-10. This transmission does not prevent confiscation from being carried out, in whole or in part, on the territory of the…

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Article 713-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In principle, the confiscation order is transmitted for enforcement to a single State. If the confiscation order relates to specific items of property, the public prosecutor shall transmit it, together with the certificate, to the competent authority of the executing State in which he has reason to believe that the property is located.

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