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Article 695-9-7 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor, the investigating courts, the liberty and custody judge and the trial courts, which are competent under the provisions of this code to order the seizure of property, are competent to issue, in the same cases and under the same conditions, freezing orders relating to property or evidence located on the territory of another Member State of the European Union and to draw up the certificates relating to these orders.

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Article 695-9-7

Le procureur de la République, les juridictions d’instruction, le juge des libertés et de la détention et les juridictions de jugement compétents, en vertu des dispositions du présent code, pour ordonner une saisie de biens, sont compétents pour prendre, dans les mêmes cas et conditions, des décisions de gel visant des biens ou des éléments de preuve situés sur le territoire d’un autre Etat membre de l’Union européenne et pour établir les certificats afférents à ces décisions.

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