Article R88 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
The automated national criminal records department is notified, by the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, of arrest warrants and judgments or rulings handing down custodial sentences, whether in adversarial proceedings or in absentia, which have not been enforced. These notices are recorded in the criminal record. They are returned, with all relevant information enabling the warrants, judgments or arrests to be executed, by the automated national criminal record service,…