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Article R53-40-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the liberty and custody judge does not grant the investigating judge’s request, this request, the liberty and custody judge’s decision, the public prosecutor’s opinion and, where applicable, the investigators’ report are placed in a file separate from the proceedings file, which is kept by the president of the judicial court or the judge delegated by him. This file, which may not be communicated within the framework of the proceedings…

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Article R53-40-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where information relating to a geolocation operation has been placed in a separate file pursuant to Article 230-40, and except where it has been placed in the procedural file pursuant to Article 230-41, the examining magistrate, before issuing the notice provided for in Article 175, shall add to the separate file the information gathered under the conditions provided for in Article 230-40 and which is contained in the proceedings file,…

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Article R53-50 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The deposit referred to in Article 706-155 shall be made upon production of the order authorising or ordering the seizure of the sums and any document likely to substantiate the rights and identity of the applicant. Deconsignment is carried out on production of the final decision designating the beneficiary of the sums and any document that can justify the rights and identity of the applicant.

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Article R53-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The registration of seizures of business assets made on the basis of Article 706-157 shall be entered in the register kept by the registrar of the commercial court or of the judicial court ruling in commercial matters in the jurisdiction of which the owner of the business asset is registered as principal in the register of commerce and companies or, in the absence of registration, in the jurisdiction of which…

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Article R53-53 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The application for registration referred to in article R. 521-6 of the French Commercial Code shall include the following information: 1° the date of the decision ordering the seizure; 2° The name of the owner of the business seized, and his identification details, as defined in 2° of Article R. 521-6 of the Commercial Code; 3° The address and business name of the seized business.

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Article R53-55 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

By way of derogation from Article R. 521-20, the deletion of the registration shall be requested by the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets, which shall produce in support of its request a copy of the final decision to release, dismiss, discharge, acquit or confiscate. On receipt of this request, the court clerk will proceed to cancel the entry, mentioning the formality and its date…

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Article R54-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Board of Directors of the Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Assets comprises, in addition to its Chairman: 1° Seven representatives of the State, ex officio members: – the director of criminal affairs and pardons; – the secretary general of the ministry of justice; – the director general of public finance; – the director general of the national police; – the director general of the…

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