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Article 696-45 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where, in a criminal case investigated abroad, the foreign government deems it necessary to communicate exhibits or documents in the hands of the French authorities, the request shall be transmitted in the forms provided for in articles 696-8 and 696-9. The request will be followed up, unless there are special considerations to the contrary, and subject to the obligation to return the exhibits and documents as soon as possible. .

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Article 696-46 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the hearing of a witness residing in France is deemed necessary by a foreign government, the French government, on receipt of a request transmitted in the forms provided for in the articles 696-8 and 696-9, undertakes to attend the summons sent to him. However, the summons is only received and served on condition that the witness cannot be prosecuted or detained for acts or convictions prior to his hearing.

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Article 696-47 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The sending of detained individuals, with a view to a confrontation, must be requested in the forms provided for in articles 696-8 and 696-9. The request shall be granted, unless special considerations prevent it, and on condition that the said detainees are returned as soon as possible.

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Article 696-47-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where, following a request for extradition from the French Government, the person has already been surrendered and where, in the absence of a waiver of the principle of speciality by the person or by the foreign Government, authorisation is sought to extend the prosecution to other offences committed before the person’s arrival on national territory, this request shall be accompanied by an arrest warrant if such a warrant had already…

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Article 696-48 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

This Chapter determines the rules applicable, with a view to guaranteeing the appearance in court and promoting, where appropriate, the use of alternatives to pre-trial detention for the person not residing in the Member State of the criminal proceedings which concern him, to the recognition and monitoring, in a Member State of the European Union, of decisions to place a person under judicial supervision pronounced by a French judicial authority,…

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Article 696-49 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the preparation and during the execution of decisions taken pursuant to this Chapter, the competent authorities of the issuing State and the executing State shall, unless this is impracticable, consult each other in particular to determine whether the executing State consents to the transmission of a decision to place the person under judicial supervision pursuant to 2° of Article 696-52.

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Article 696-50 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The obligations to which a person may be required to submit in the executing State are as follows: 1° An obligation on the person to inform a specific authority of any change of residence; 2° A prohibition on going to certain places or defined areas in the issuing State or the executing State; 3° An obligation to remain in a specified place, where appropriate for specified periods; 4° Restrictions on…

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Article 696-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A decision to place a person under judicial supervision may give rise to transmission to the competent authority of another Member State of the European Union where: 1° The person concerned is habitually resident, under lawful conditions, in the territory of the executing State and, having been informed of the measures concerned, consents to return there; 2° The person concerned requests that the decision to place him or her under…

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Article 696-53 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any decision to place a person under judicial supervision taken pursuant to this chapter for the purposes of recognition and supervision in the territory of the Republic or in that of another Member State shall be accompanied by a certificate specifying in particular: 1° The designation of the issuing State and the executing State; 2° The designation of the competent authority which ordered the placement under judicial supervision; 3° The…

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