Title X: International Mutual Legal Assistance

Recognition and follow-up of the decision to place the person under judicial supervision may be refused in the following cases: 1° Where the surrender of the person concerned could not be ordered in the event of a European arrest warrant being issued for that person due to non-compliance with the measures ordered under the judicial supervision ; 2° Where the decision to place the person under judicial supervision is based…

The liberty and custody judge shall assess whether it is appropriate to adapt the judicial supervision measures ordered by the competent authority of the issuing State. When the nature of the measure ordered by the competent authority of the issuing State does not correspond to the measures provided for under French law, the liberty and custody judge shall replace the measure ordered with the measure that best corresponds to the…

Where the liberty and custody judge considers that the person concerned could not be surrendered on the basis of a European arrest warrant but that it is nevertheless possible to recognise the said decision and to take the necessary measures to follow up the measures ordered, he or she shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay.

Subject to the suspension of the time limit resulting from the notification given to the competent authority of the issuing State pursuant to Article 696-72, the liberty and custody judge shall decide whether to recognise the decision to place the person under judicial supervision as enforceable in the territory of the Republic within a maximum period of seven working days from the date of referral by the public prosecutor. The…

The decision of the liberty and custody judge taken pursuant to the first paragraph of article 696-70 shall be notified without delay to the person placed under judicial supervision. The latter is informed by a note in the notification that, if he or she does not accept this decision, he or she has a period of five days in which to submit a request to the Investigating Chamber specifying, on…

The decision of the liberty and custody judge taken pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 696-70 is subject to appeal in accordance with the procedures set out in Articles 185 and 186. The appeal does not challenge the principle of placement under judicial supervision, nor the nature of the measures ordered by the issuing State.

Unless further information has been ordered, the Investigating Chamber shall rule at the latest within twenty working days of the statement of appeal, by a reasoned order made in chambers. If the Investigating Chamber deems it necessary to hear the person placed under judicial supervision, it may use the means of telecommunication mentioned in Article 706-71, whether the person in question is living on the territory of the Republic or…

Where the decision on the recognition of the judicial supervision order and the monitoring of the measures ordered cannot be taken by the liberty and custody judge within twenty working days of receipt of the decision and the certificate, or by the investigating chamber within twenty working days of the statement of appeal, the public prosecutor shall inform the competent authority of the issuing State without delay, stating the reasons…

The public prosecutor shall without delay inform the competent authority of the issuing State of final decisions taken pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 696-70. Where the decision consists of a refusal to recognise and enforce the measures ordered, or involves an adaptation of the measures ordered, the public prosecutor shall also inform the competent authority in the issuing State of the reasons for the decision.