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Article 695-16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The Public Prosecutor’s Office at the investigating, trial or enforcement court that has issued an arrest warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant either at the request of the court or of its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15. In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality,…

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Article 695-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Where the Public Prosecutor’s Office has been informed of the arrest of the requested person, it shall without delay send the Minister for Justice a copy of the arrest warrant transmitted to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. Where the arrested person is sought for the enforcement of a custodial sentence or detention order and, having been sentenced in his absence, requests that the sentencing decision be communicated…

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Article 695-17-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the public prosecutor is informed by the judicial authority of the executing Member State of a request from the arrested person for the appointment of a lawyer on national territory, he shall provide that person with the relevant information enabling him to choose a lawyer or, at the person’s request, have a lawyer appointed ex officio by the President of the Bar.

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Article 695-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the public prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not be prosecuted, sentenced or detained with a view to the enforcement of a custodial sentence for any act prior to the surrender and other than that which motivated that measure, except in one of the following cases: 1° Where the person has expressly renounced, at the same time…

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Article 695-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the case referred to in 2° of Article 695-18, the waiver is given before the investigating, trial or enforcement court to which the person is subject after surrender and is irrevocable. When the surrendered person appears, the competent court establishes the identity and takes statements from this person. An official report shall be drawn up. The person concerned, assisted if necessary by his lawyer and, if necessary, an interpreter,…

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Article 695-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the cases referred to in 3° of articles 695-18 and 695-21, the request for consent shall be sent by the public prosecutor to the judicial authority of the executing Member State. It must contain, under the conditions provided for in Article 695-14, the information listed in Article 695-13. In the case referred to in 3° of Article 695-18, it shall be accompanied by a report recording the statements made…

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Article 695-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-Where the Public Prosecutor who issued the European arrest warrant has obtained the surrender of the requested person, that person may not, without the consent of the executing Member State, be surrendered to another Member State with a view to prosecution or to the enforcement of a custodial sentence or detention order for any act prior to the surrender and different from the offence which gave rise to that measure,…

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