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Article R40-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The data collected in the context of article R. 40-24 may only concern the following categories:

1° Persons in respect of whom there is serious or corroborating evidence during a preliminary investigation, an investigation in flagrante delicto or on the basis of a letter rogatory, making it likely that they may have participated, as perpetrators or accomplices, in the commission of a felony, a misdemeanour or a fifth-class contravention provided for in articles R. 625-1 to R. 625-3, R. 625-7, R. 625-9, R. 635-1, R. 635-3 à R. 635-5, R. 645-1, R. 645-2 and R. 645-5 à R. 645-15 of the Criminal Code;

2° Victims of these offences;

3° Persons who are the subject of an investigation or enquiry into the causes of death, serious injury or disappearance within the meaning of articles 74 et 74-1.

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Article R40-25
Les données recueillies dans le cadre de l’article R. 40-24 ne peuvent concerner que les catégories suivantes :


1° Les personnes à l’encontre desquelles sont réunis, lors de l’enquête préliminaire, de l’enquête de flagrance ou sur commission rogatoire, des indices graves ou concordants rendant vraisemblable qu’elles aient pu participer, comme auteurs ou complices, à la commission d’un crime, d’un délit ou d’une contravention de cinquième classe prévue aux articles R. 625-1 à R. 625-3, R. 625-7, R. 625-9, R. 635-1, R. 635-3 à R. 635-5, R. 645-1, R. 645-2 et R. 645-5 à R. 645-15 du code pénal ;


2° Les victimes de ces infractions ;


3° Les personnes faisant l’objet d’une enquête ou d’une instruction pour recherche des causes de la mort, de blessures graves ou d’une disparition au sens des articles 74 et 74-1.

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