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Article 723-37 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When placement under judicial supervision has been ordered against a person sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in article 706-53-13, the regional court referred to in Article 706-53-15 may, in accordance with the procedures set out in this article, decide to extend all or part of the obligations to which the person is subject, beyond the limit…

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Article 723-38 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When placement under mobile electronic surveillance has been ordered as part of judicial supervision for a person sentenced to a term of criminal imprisonment of fifteen years or more for one of the offences referred to in article 706-53-13, it may be renewed for as long as the person is subject to judicial supervision or security surveillance.

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Article 723-38-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Judicial supervision is suspended by any detention occurring during its execution and not resulting from a withdrawal of all or part of the duration of sentence reductions decided pursuant to article 723-35, and it resumes, for the remaining period, at the end of this suspension.

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Article 726 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The placement, on an exceptional basis, of juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen in a disciplinary cell may not exceed seven days. In an emergency, juvenile detainees over the age of sixteen may, as a preventive measure, be placed in a disciplinary cell or confined to an individual cell. This measure may not exceed two working days.

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Article 727-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In accordance with the dispositions de l’article L. 223-2 du code pénitentiaire, le procureur de la République est immédiatement avisé de la découverte, au sein d’un établissement pénitentiaire ou d’un établissement de santé destiné à recevoir des personnes détenues, de toute équipement terminal, système informatique ou support de données informatiques dont la détention est illicite. Under the conditions laid down in the provisions of the same article, the public prosecutor…

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Article 728-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When, pursuant to an international convention or agreement, a person detained in execution of a sentence handed down by a foreign court is transferred to French territory to serve the part of the sentence remaining to be served there, the execution of the sentence is continued in accordance with the provisions of this code, and in particular this chapter.

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Article 728-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

On arrival on French soil, the detained offender is presented to the public prosecutor of the place of arrival, who conducts an identity examination and draws up a report. However, if the examination cannot be conducted immediately, the convicted person is taken to the prison where he may not be held for more than twenty-four hours. On expiry of this period, he will be brought before the public prosecutor by…

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