When a person prosecuted or convicted by the French courts is arrested outside national territory in application of the provisions on the European arrest warrant or extradition or in application of an international convention, he or she may declare to the competent foreign authorities that he or she is exercising the remedies provided for by this code, in particular by lodging an opposition, appeal or recourse against the decision against him or her. In all cases, including the arrest of a person sentenced in absentia in a criminal matter, the time limits for presentation, detention or trial provided for in this code do not begin to run until the person has been handed over or returned to national territory.