COURT CHALLENGE TO FRENCH LAW ALLOWING DPAS
November 9th, 2016
A NEW law authorising the use of deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in France is being challenged in France’s highest constitutional court, the Conseil Constitutionnel.
Justices will now review the law, following a request from the opposition-controlled French senate and 60 deputies within the national assembly from the centre-right opposition Les Republicains. The November 15 challenge to the Sapin 2 law on transparency, the fight against corruption and modernisation of economic life, adopted November 8, includes concern over requirements that companies ...
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