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Reform of the Criminal Investigation System (Jan. 13, 2009) by Nicole Atwill
On January 7, 2009, during his address to the Cour de Cassation, France's highest judicial Supreme Court, President Nicolas Sarkozy confirmed his wish that investigating judges ...
Topic: Criminal Procedure
Jurisdiction: France
Fight Against Terrorism (Jan. 13, 2009) by Nicole Atwill
Law 2008-1245 of December 1, 2008, prolongs the application of articles 3, 6, and 9 of Law 2006-64 of January 23, 2006, on Combating Terrorism and ...
Topic: Terrorism
Jurisdiction: France
Agreements on Defense Include Transfer of Technology (Jan. 05, 2009) by Eduardo Soares
On December 22, 2008, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and French President Nicolas Sarkozy signed several agreements in the area of defense during Sarkozy's ...
Topic: International Law
Jurisdiction: Brazil / France
Constitutional Council Validates Option to Retire at Age 70 (Dec. 18, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
On December 11, 2008, France's Constitutional Council ruled on the constitutionality of several provisions of the 2009 Law on the Financing of Social Security. Determination of ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: France
Competition Authority Ordinance (Dec. 04, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
Law 2008-776 on the Modernization of the Economy, which was passed by the French legislature on August 4, 2008, established a new single competition authority, the ...
Topic: Corporations
Jurisdiction: France
Law on Environmental Liability (Oct. 07, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
Law 2008-757 of August 1, 2008, on environmental liability, transposes Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 21, 2004, on the ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: France
Gabonese President Ordered to Pay Restitution (Oct. 06, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On September 29, 2008, a court of appeal in Bordeaux, France, confirmed a June 2007 ruling ordering Omar Bongo, the President of Gabon, to return €457,347 ...
Topic: Criminal Law
Jurisdiction: France / Gabon
Measures to Combat Discrimination (Jul. 02, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
Law 2008-496 of May 27, 2008, transposes into national law various measures to combat discrimination to comply with three European Union directives: Directive 2000/43/EU of June ...
Topic: Human Rights
Jurisdiction: France
Biometric Passports (Jun. 02, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
On April 30, 2008, the French government issued a decree implementing biometric passports and creating a national database to store fingerprints, photographs, and information relating to ...
Topic: Identification
Jurisdiction: France
Extradition Treaties (May. 02, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
On April 24, 2008, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (PRC) ratified extradition treaties with France and ...
Topic: Criminal Procedure
Jurisdiction: Australia / China / France
Protection Against Police Abuses and Video Surveillance (May. 02, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
France's National Commission on Ethics and Security (Commission Nationale de Déontologie de la Sécurité), an independent administrative authority that has the power to investigate cases of ...
Topic: Police
Jurisdiction: France
Security Measure Against Violent Offenders (Apr. 02, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
A French law of February 25, 2008, provides, in exceptional cases, for keeping certain categories of violent offenders in specialized detention centers after the offenders have ...
Topic: Criminal Procedure
Jurisdiction: France
Financial Incentive to Purchase Clean Cars (Feb. 02, 2008) by Nicole Atwill
In October 2007, a highly publicized environmental forum took place in Paris, the "Grenelle de l'environnement." The forum resulted in many recommendations to combat global warming ...
Topic: Environment
Jurisdiction: France
Constitutional Council Validates DNA Testing for Immigration Cases (Dec. 02, 2007) by Nicole Atwill
On November 15, 2007, the Constitutional Council of France found that voluntary recourse to DNA testing, limited to showing the relationship with the mother when there ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: France
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights (Dec. 02, 2007) by Nicole Atwill
France's Law 2007-1544 of October 29, 2007, on the Fight Against Infringement implements Directive 2004/48EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April, ...
Topic: Intellectual Property
Jurisdiction: France
Law on the Fight Against Corruption (Dec. 02, 2007) by Nicole Atwill
Law 2007-1598 of November 13, 2007, on the Fight Against Corruption amends the Penal Code to bring it into conformity with the 1999 Council of Europe ...
Topic: Government Ethics
Jurisdiction: France
Immigration Reform Pending (Nov. 02, 2007) by Nicole Atwill
Following a campaign promise made by presidential candidate Nicolas Sarkozy, in the last few weeks the French Parliament has debated a new immigration law that would ...
Topic: Immigration
Jurisdiction: France
Reorganization of Intelligence Services (Nov. 02, 2007) by Nicole Atwill
Two of France's intelligence organizations, the Direction de la Surveillance du Territoire (DST, Directorate of Territorial Security) and the Renseignements Généraux (RG, Central Directorate of General ...
Topic: Government Organization
Jurisdiction: France
Last updated: 01/13/2009