Paragraph 4: Surrender of the wanted person

The Public Prosecutor shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the requested person is surrendered to the judicial authority of the issuing State at the latest within ten days of the date of the final decision of the Investigating Chamber. If the wanted person is at liberty when the decision of the Investigating Chamber authorising surrender is given, the Public Prosecutor may order the arrest of the person concerned…

The provisions of Article 695-37 do not preclude the Investigating Chamber, after ruling on the execution of the European arrest warrant, from temporarily postponing the surrender for serious humanitarian reasons, in particular if the surrender of the wanted person is likely to have serious consequences for him or her due in particular to his or her age or state of health. The Public Prosecutor will then immediately inform the issuing…

Where the requested person is being prosecuted in France or has already been sentenced there and must serve a sentence there for an act other than that covered by the European arrest warrant, the Investigating Chamber may, after ruling on the execution of the arrest warrant, defer the surrender of the person concerned. The Public Prosecutor will then immediately notify the issuing judicial authority. The Investigating Chamber may also decide…

At the time of the surrender, the public prosecutor shall mention the length of detention undergone on national territory as a result of the execution of a European arrest warrant.