File of perpetrators of sexual or violent offenses (Fijais)
Verified 30 August 2023 - Legal and Administrative Information Directorate (Prime Minister)
What is the purpose of the automated criminal record of sexual and violent offenders (Fijais)? What are the obligations of a person enrolled in the Finnish: titleContent ? Can we request the rectification or erasure of the recorded information? We tell you the rules to know about Fijais.
There are different rules depending on who is registered in the Finnish: titleContent is major or a between 13 and 17 years.
Major
The Finnish: titleContent identify persons convicted or accused of some infringements sexual or violent.
It is used to prevent the repetition of these infringements.
It is used to facilitate identification and the location of perpetrators of such offenses.
Registration is notified orally or by post RAR: titleContent to your last declared address.
One document concerning the obligations to be fulfilled is delivered to you or sent against receipt.
If you are a protected major, your legal representative is informed.
The following information shall be recorded:
- Identity : surname, forename, sex, date and place of birth, nationality, parentage, successive addresses...
- Nature and date of the decision to register : court, nature of the offense, date and place of the facts, sentence handed down...
- Miscellaneous Information : dates of justification of address, periodicity of the obligation to justify the address...
General case
You must meet the following obligations:
- Indicate one 1re time your address in the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need a proof of domicile of less than 3 months.
- Enter your address every year
- Declare all change address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile. You can travel in person or send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file management service. You must send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
Conviction for a crime or offense punishable by 10 years or more in prison
The obligations vary depending on whether you are in a situation of legal recidivism or not.
Without legal recidivism
You must meet the following obligations:
- Specify a 1re times your skill in the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need a proof of domicile of less than 3 months.
- Enter your address every 6 months, or every month on the decision of the court or the judge responsible for the enforcement of sentences
- Report any change of address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file manager service.
You must travel in person.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
With legal recidivism
Committing within a certain period of time, for a person who has already been convicted, a new offense which is the same or similar and which may result in a heavier penalty than that normally imposed.
You must meet the following obligations:
- Specify a 1re time your address in the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need a proof of residence of less than 3 months.
- Enter your address every month
- Report any change of address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file manager service.
You must travel in person.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
Yes, depending on your situation, you can request a change in your obligations.
What changes can you request?
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If you are required to report every 6 months to justify your address
You can request to reduce this frequency to 1 time per year.
If you are required to show up every month to justify your address
You can request to reduce this frequency to Once every 6 months.
How and to whom should the request be addressed?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020, and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022: you must address the Public Prosecutor of the Tribunal de Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
The following people can visit the Finnish: titleContent more or less extensively :
- Judicial authority
- Judicial Police Officer (OPJ) in the context of an investigation for an offense leading to registration in Fijais or a violation of Fijais obligations
- Prefect and authorized agent of certain administrations for recruitment to certain posts
- Regulated officer of a prison registry for the follow-up of the obligations of a person on file
The information shall be kept:
- 30 years for a crime or a offense punishable by 10 years or more in prison
- 20 years in other cases
This period shall run from notification of the decision to enter the Finnish: titleContent.
However, if you are in prison, the delay starts to run from your release from prison.
The information are withdrawn earlier Finnish in the following cases:
- Death
- Decision of non-suit, relaxation or acquittal
- Decision of the public prosecutor erase your data
You must contact the public prosecutor from your home.
You have to prove your identity.
The information shall be communicated to you orally. No written documents are provided.
Who shall I contact
To whom should the request be addressed?
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020 and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022. You have to go to the public prosecutor of the court of Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
How do I apply?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
What can we ask for?
You can ask to have your information deleted if you no longer feel it is justified to keep it.
However, erasure is not possible in the following situations:
- Legal proceedings are ongoing
- You haven't been rehabilitated
- The measure behind your registration Finnish: titleContent has not been deleted from Bulletin No. 1 of criminal record.
To whom should the request be addressed?
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020 and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022.
You have to go to the public prosecutor of the court of Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes.
You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
How do I apply?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
13 to 17 years
The Finnish: titleContent identify persons convicted or accused of some infringements sexual or violent.
It is used to prevent the repetition of these infringements.
It is used to facilitate identification and the location of perpetrators of such offenses.
Registration is notified orally or by post RAR: titleContent to your last declared address.
One document concerning the obligations to be fulfilled is delivered to you or sent against receipt.
Your legal representatives or the person to whom your custody has been entrusted shall be informed.
The following information shall be recorded:
- Identity : surname, forename, sex, date and place of birth, nationality, parentage, successive addresses...
- Nature and date of the decision to register : court, nature of the offense, date and place of the facts, sentence handed down...
- Miscellaneous Information : dates of justification of address, periodicity of the obligation to justify the address...
General case
You must meet the following obligations:
- Indicate one 1re time your address in the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need a proof of domicile of less than 3 months.
- Enter your address every year
- Declare all change address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile.
You can travel in person or send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file management service. You must send a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.
Your legal representatives or the person to whom your custody has been entrusted is doing it for you.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
Conviction for a crime punishable by 20 years or more in prison
The obligations vary depending on whether you are in a situation of legal recidivism or not.
Without legal recidivism
You must meet the following obligations:
- Specify a 1re times your skill in the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need a proof of domicile of less than 3 months
- Enter your address every 6 months, or every month on the decision of the court or the judge responsible for the enforcement of sentences
- Report any change of address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file manager service.
Your legal representatives or the person to whom your custody has been entrusted is doing it for you. They have to travel in person.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
With legal recidivism
Committing within a certain period of time, for a person who has already been convicted, a new offense which is the same or similar and which may result in a heavier penalty than that normally imposed
You must meet the following obligations:
- Specify a 1re time your addressin the 15 days following the notification of your obligations. You need proof of residence of less than 3 months.
- Enter your address every month
- Report any change of address within 15 days of this change
You must make these representations to the police station or the gendarme of your domicile.
If you live abroadSo you have to do that with the file manager service.
Your legal representatives or the person to whom your custody has been entrusted is doing it for you. They must travel in person.
Finnish Management Service
A person registered in the Sexual or Violent Offenders Index (Fijais) must regularly inform of his or her address.
If she resides abroad, it must do so by sending a registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt to the Fijais management service, in Nantes.
By mail
Finnish Management Service
Ministry of Justice
SGFD
BP 22406
44324 NANTES CEDEX 3
France
Please note
Failure to comply with these obligations shall be punished by a maximum of 2 years of prison and €30,000 of fine.
Yes, depending on your situation, you can request the modification of your obligations.
What changes can be requested?
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If you are required to report every 6 months to justify your address
You can request to reduce this frequency to 1 time per year.
If you are required to show up every month to justify your address
You can request to reduce this frequency to Once every 6 months.
How and to whom should the request be addressed?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020, and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022: you must address the Public Prosecutor of the Tribunal de Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
The following people can visit the Finnish: titleContent more or less extensively :
- Judicial authority
- Judicial Police Officer (OPJ) in the context of an investigation for an offense leading to registration in Fijais or a violation of Fijais obligations
- Prefect and authorized agent of certain administrations for recruitment to certain posts
- Regulated officer of a prison registry for the follow-up of the obligations of a person on file
Information is retained for 10 years.
This period shall run from notification of the decision to enter the Finnish: titleContent.
However, if you are in prison, the delay starts to run from your release from prison.
The information shall be removed earlier from Finnish in the following cases:
- Death
- Decision of non-suit, relaxation or acquittal
- Decision of the public prosecutor erase your data
You must contact the public prosecutor from your home.
You have to prove your identity.
The information shall be communicated to you orally. No written documents are provided.
Who shall I contact
To whom should the request be addressed?
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020 and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022. You have to go to the public prosecutor of the court of Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
How do I apply?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
What can we ask for?
You can ask to have your information deleted if you no longer feel it is justified to keep it.
However, erasure is not possible in the following situations:
- Legal proceedings are ongoing
- You haven't been rehabilitated
- The measure behind your registration Finnish: titleContent has not been deleted from Bulletin No. 1 of criminal record.
To whom should the request be addressed?
You must contact the public prosecutor of the the last court whose decision resulted in your being entered in the Finnish: titleContent.
If it is a court of appeal, you must contact the public prosecutor of the seat of the Court of Appeal.
Who shall I contact
Example :
You have been sentenced twice with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Tribunal de Saintes in 2020 and then by the Tribunal de Paris in 2022. You have to go to the public prosecutor of the court of Paris.
Example :
You have been sentenced with registration to the Finnish: titleContent by the Court of Appeal of Rennes. You must contact the public prosecutor of the Rennes court.
How do I apply?
The request is made by letter RAR: titleContent or by declaration to graft.
What is the response time?
The public prosecutor has 2 months to answer you (4 months if he orders an expertise).
You receive a registered letter with a request for notice of receipt.
List of offenses leading to registration in Fijais
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