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Article 695-26 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requested person is in a known place on national territory, the arrest warrant issued by a Member State of the European Union or a State linked to the European Union by an agreement mentioned in section 5 of this chapter may be sent directly, in the original or in a certified copy, by any means that leaves a written trace, to the Public Prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction, who…

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Article 695-27 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any person apprehended in execution of a European arrest warrant must be brought before the territorially competent public prosecutor within forty-eight hours. During this period, the provisions of Articles 63-1 to 63-7 shall apply. After verifying the identity of that person, the Public Prosecutor shall inform him, in a language he understands, of the existence and content of the European arrest warrant against him. He shall also inform the person…

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Article 695-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Following notification of the European arrest warrant, if he decides not to release the wanted person, the public prosecutor shall present him to the first president of the court of appeal or the judge designated by him. The first president of the court of appeal or the judge designated by him shall order the detention of the wanted person at the prison of the court of appeal in whose jurisdiction…

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Article 695-28-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the examination of requests for the execution of a European arrest warrant concerning the perpetrators of acts of terrorism, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal, the First President of the Paris Court of Appeal and the Investigating Chamber of the Paris Court of Appeal and its President shall exercise concurrent jurisdiction with that resulting from the application of the articles 695-26 et 695-27.

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