When the first president of the court of appeal or his delegate does not intend to reject as manifestly inadmissible, pursuant to article L. 743-23, the statement of appeal without a hearing, the clerk of the court of appeal shall inform the parties and the public prosecutor of the date and time of the hearing on the merits.
The authority that placed the foreign national in detention, the foreign national’s lawyer and the foreign national himself may ask to be heard at the hearing. The public prosecutor may make his opinion known.