Title X: International Mutual Legal Assistance

Except where the provisions of this Title relating to the European arrest warrant apply, where a request for provisional arrest for the purposes of extradition emanates from a State party to the Convention of 10 March 1995 on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union, it shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Articles 696-10 and 696-11. The person claimed shall also…

Within two days of the arrest of the person claimed, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the latter, in a language he understands, of the documents by virtue of which he has been apprehended. He shall inform the person that he may consent to his extradition before the Investigating Chamber under the simplified procedure. It also informs them that they may waive the rule of speciality. Mention of this information shall…

Where the person claimed declares to the public prosecutor that he consents to his extradition, he shall appear before the investigating chamber within five working days of the date on which he was presented to the public prosecutor. Where the person claimed declares to the said magistrate that he does not consent to his extradition, the procedure shall be as set out in the articles 696-15 et seq if a…

When the person claimed appears before the investigating chamber pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 696-27, the president of the chamber shall establish his identity and take his statements, a record of which shall be drawn up. The president then asks the person claimed, after informing them of the legal consequences of their consent, whether they still intend to consent to their extradition. Where the person claimed declares that…

If the Investigating Chamber finds that the legal conditions for extradition have been met, it shall issue a judgment in which it acknowledges the person claimed’s formal consent to be extradited and, where applicable, his waiver of the rule of speciality and grants extradition. The Investigating Chamber shall rule within seven days from the date of the person claimed’s appearance before it.

If the person claimed lodges, within the legal time limit, an appeal in cassation against the decision of the Investigating Chamber granting his extradition, the President of the Criminal Division of the Court of Cassation or the councillor delegated by him shall, within fifteen days of the lodging of the appeal, issue an order in which he notes that the person claimed has thereby withdrawn his consent to extradition and,…

When the decision of the Investigating Chamber grants the extradition of the person claimed and this decision is final, the Public Prosecutor shall notify the Minister of Justice, who shall inform the competent authorities of the requesting State of the decision reached. The Minister of Justice shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the person concerned is surrendered to the authorities of the requesting State at the latest within…

Release or the release or modification of judicial supervision or house arrest under electronic surveillance may be requested at any time from the investigating chamber in accordance with the forms provided for in articles 148-6 and 148-7. The provisions of articles 696-19 and 696-20 shall then apply. .

The provisions of Articles 696-26 to 696-32 are applicable if the person whose provisional arrest has been requested is the subject of an extradition request and consents to being extradited more than ten days after his arrest and no later than the day of his first appearance before the investigating chamber, seised under the conditions set out in Section 2 of this Chapter, or if the person whose extradition is…