A person provisionally arrested under the conditions provided for in Article 696-23 shall be released if, within a period of thirty days from the date of his arrest, where this was carried out at the request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the French Government does not receive one of the documents mentioned in Article 696-8.
If the aforementioned documents subsequently reach the French Government, the procedure shall be resumed, in accordance with articles 696-9 et seq.