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Practice Relating to Rule 107. Spies
Section B. Status of spies
III. Military Manuals
France’s LOAC Teaching Note (2000) states: “Spies … are not combatants and have no right to prisoner-of-war status.” 
France, Fiche didactique relative au droit des conflits armés, Directive of the Ministry of Defence, 4 January 2000, annexed to the Directive No. 147 of the Ministry of Defence of 4 January 2000, p. 2.
France’s LOAC Manual (2001) states: “A spy has no right to prisoner-of-war status and is subject to the national legislation of the territory where he is captured.” 
France, Manuel de droit des conflits armés, Ministère de la Défense, Direction des Affaires Juridiques, Sous-Direction du droit international humanitaire et du droit européen, Bureau du droit des conflits armés, 2001, p. 64; see also p. 40.