If the requested person is in a known place on national territory, the arrest warrant issued by a Member State of the European Union or a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mentioned in section 5 of this chapter may be sent directly, in the original or in a certified copy, by any means that leaves a written trace, to the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who shall execute it after ensuring that the request is in order. In other cases, the European arrest warrant shall be executed in the light of the transmission made under the conditions provided for in the second paragraph of Article 695-15.
Articles 74-2 and 230-33 are applicable to the search for a person who is the subject of a European arrest warrant. The powers of the public prosecutor and the liberty and custody judge are then exercised respectively by the public prosecutor and the president of the investigating chamber or the adviser designated by him.
If the Public Prosecutor to whom a European arrest warrant has been addressed considers that he is not territorially competent to act on it, he shall forward it to the Public Prosecutor territorially competent and shall inform the judicial authority of the issuing Member State accordingly.
The original referred to in the last paragraph of Article 695-15 or the certified copy must arrive no later than six working days after the date of arrest of the wanted person.
In the event that the wanted person benefits from a privilege or immunity in France, the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall request the lifting thereof without delay from the competent French authorities. If the French authorities are not competent, the request for waiver is left to the judicial authority of the issuing Member State.
In the event that the wanted person has already been surrendered to France on an extradition basis by another State under the protection conferred by the principle of speciality, the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction shall take all necessary measures to ensure the consent of that State.