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French Code of Criminal Procedure
- Legislative part
  - Book V: Enforcement procedures
    - Title II: Detention
      - Chapter VI: Enforcement of decisions imposing custodial sentences or security measures pursuant to Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA of 27 November 2008 on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to judgments in criminal matters imposing custodial sentences or measures involving deprivation of liberty for the purpose of their enforcement in the European Union
        Section 2: Provisions relating to the enforcement, in the territory of other Member States of the European Union, of sentences handed down by French courts.
        Paragraph 4: Serving the sentence.

Article 728-30 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Article 728-30 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

November 7, 2023
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The Public Prosecutor’s Office recovers the right to enforce the sentencing decision on French territory as soon as the competent authority of the enforcing State informs it of the partial non-enforcement of this decision due to the escape of the sentenced person or the fact that the sentenced person cannot be found on the territory of that State.

Original in French 🇫🇷

Article 728-30

Le ministère public recouvre la faculté de faire exécuter la décision de condamnation sur le territoire français dès que l’autorité compétente de l’Etat d’exécution l’informe de la non-exécution partielle de cette décision en raison de l’évasion de la personne condamnée ou du fait que celle-ci ne peut être trouvée sur le territoire de cet Etat.

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