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Article 152 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The magistrates or judicial police officers assigned to carry out the investigation exercise, within the limits of the letter rogatory, all the powers of the investigating judge.

However, the judicial police officers may not conduct interviews or confrontations with the persons under investigation. They may only interview civil parties or assisted witnesses at their request.

The examining magistrate may travel, without being assisted by his clerk or having to draw up a report, to direct and control the execution of the letter rogatory, provided that he does not himself carry out any investigative acts. During this transport, he may order the extension of police custody ordered under the letters rogatory. In all cases, mention of this transport is made on the documents executing the letters rogatory.

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Article 152

Les magistrats ou officiers de police judiciaire commis pour l’exécution exercent, dans les limites de la commission rogatoire, tous les pouvoirs du juge d’instruction.

Toutefois, les officiers de police judiciaire ne peuvent pas procéder aux interrogatoires et confrontations des personnes mises en examen. Ils ne peuvent procéder à l’audition des parties civiles ou du témoin assisté qu’à la demande de ceux-ci.

Le juge d’instruction peut se transporter, sans être assisté de son greffier ni devoir en dresser procès-verbal, pour diriger et contrôler l’exécution de la commission rogatoire, dès lors qu’il ne procède pas lui-même à des actes d’instruction. A l’occasion de ce transport, il peut ordonner la prolongation des gardes à vue prononcées dans le cadre de la commission rogatoire. Dans tous les cas, mention de ce transport est faite sur les pièces d’exécution de la commission rogatoire.

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