Title X: International Mutual Legal Assistance

The investigating chamber may, by a decision which is not subject to appeal, authorise the requesting State to intervene at the hearing at which the extradition request is considered, through a person authorised by that State for that purpose. Where the requesting State is authorised to intervene, it shall not become a party to the proceedings.

If the reasoned opinion of the investigating chamber postpones the extradition request and that opinion is final, extradition cannot be granted. The person claimed, if not detained for another reason, is then automatically released.

In cases other than that provided for in Article 696-17, extradition is authorised by decree of the Prime Minister issued on the report of the Minister of Justice. If, within one month of notification of this decree to the requesting State, the person claimed has not been received by the agents of that State, the person concerned shall, except in cases of force majeure, be automatically released and may no…

Release may be requested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms set out in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The claimant’s lawyer is summoned by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt at least forty-eight hours before the date of the hearing. After hearing the Public Prosecutor and the person claimed or their lawyer, the Examining Magistrates’ Chamber shall rule as soon as possible and at the…

Release from judicial supervision, house arrest under electronic surveillance or modification thereof may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions set out in Article 199, either of its own motion, or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, or at the request of the person claimed after advice from the Public Prosecutor. The Investigating Chamber shall rule within twenty days of the matter being referred…

If the person claimed voluntarily evades the obligations of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance or if, after having been released without judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance, it appears that he clearly intends to evade the extradition request, the Investigating Chamber may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor, issue an arrest warrant for him. The provisions of Article 74-2 shall then apply, the powers…

If the person claimed is at liberty when the decision of the government authorising extradition is no longer subject to appeal, the Attorney General may order the search for and arrest of the person concerned, including by applying Article 74-2, and his placement under extradition. Once the person has been apprehended, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister of Justice of the arrest without delay. The person claimed shall be…

In urgent cases and at the direct request of the competent authorities of the requesting State, the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction may order the provisional arrest of a person claimed for extradition by the said State. After verifying his identity, the Public Prosecutor shall inform the person sought, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the request for provisional arrest. If he decides not to…

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…

For the examination of extradition requests concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal and the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal and its President shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of Articles 696-9,696-10 and 696-23.