Chapter V: Extradition

No surrender may be made to a foreign government of persons who have not been prosecuted or convicted for an offence under this section.

The French government may hand over, at their request, to foreign governments, any person not of French nationality who, being the subject of proceedings brought in the name of the requesting state or of a conviction handed down by its courts, is found on the territory of the Republic. Nevertheless, extradition is granted only if the offence causing the request has been committed : – either on the territory of…

The acts which may give rise to extradition, whether it is a question of requesting it or granting it, are as follows: 1° All acts punishable by criminal penalties under the law of the requesting State; 2° Acts punishable by correctional penalties under the law of the requesting State, when the maximum prison sentence incurred, under the terms of that law, is equal to or greater than two years, or,…

Extradition shall not be granted: 1° Where the person claimed has French nationality, the latter being assessed at the time of the offence for which extradition is requested; 2° Where the crime or offence is of a political nature or where it is clear from the circumstances that extradition is requested for a political purpose; 3° Where the crimes or offences have been committed on the territory of the Republic;…

If, for a single offence, extradition is requested concurrently by several States, it shall be granted in preference to the State against whose interests the offence was directed, or to the State on whose territory it was committed. If the competing requests relate to different offences, account shall be taken, in deciding on priority, of all the factual circumstances, and in particular the relative seriousness and place of the offences,…

Subject to the exceptions provided for in Article 696-34, extradition shall be granted only on condition that the person extradited will not be prosecuted or convicted for an offence other than that for which extradition was requested and prior to surrender.

In the event that a person claimed is being prosecuted or has been convicted in France, and his extradition is requested from the French Government on account of a different offence, surrender shall be effected only after the prosecution has been completed, and, in the event of conviction, after the sentence has been served. However, this provision does not prevent the person claimed from being sent temporarily to appear before…