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Article 230-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In order to facilitate the gathering of evidence of offences and the identification of their perpetrators, the services of the national police and the national gendarmerie entrusted with a judicial police mission as well as the service placed under the authority of the minister responsible for the budget entrusted with carrying out judicial investigations may implement, under the control of the judicial authority, software intended to facilitate the exploitation and reconciliation of information on modus operandi gathered by these services in the course of:

1° Preliminary enquiries, flagrante delicto enquiries or investigations carried out under a rogatory commission;

2° Procedures for investigating the causes of death or disappearance provided for by the articles 74 et 74-1.

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Article 230-20

Afin de faciliter le rassemblement des preuves des infractions et l’identification de leurs auteurs, les services de la police nationale et de la gendarmerie nationale chargés d’une mission de police judiciaire ainsi que le service placé sous l’autorité du ministre chargé du budget chargé d’effectuer des enquêtes judiciaires peuvent mettre en œuvre, sous le contrôle de l’autorité judiciaire, des logiciels destinés à faciliter l’exploitation et le rapprochement d’informations sur les modes opératoires réunies par ces services au cours :

1° Des enquêtes préliminaires, des enquêtes de flagrance ou des investigations exécutées sur commission rogatoire ;

2° Des procédures de recherche des causes de la mort ou d’une disparition prévues par les articles 74 et 74-1.

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