Article R15-33-76 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
The police services or gendarmerie units are required, at the request of the judicial authorities alone, to issue as soon as possible to the persons referred to in articles 16 to 29 who have been subject to the provisions of article 62-1 summonses from these authorities. They must likewise hand over any summonses to appear to which such persons may be subject. When heard as witnesses before an investigating or…