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Article R249-40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the imprisoned person is both remanded in custody and serving a sentence, only the liberty and custody judge has jurisdiction to hear applications made under article 803-8. However, if the liberty and custody judge, after noting that the conditions of detention are contrary to the applicant’s dignity, decides to end the pre-trial detention pursuant to 2° of II of article 803-8, he shall immediately inform the sentence enforcement judge…

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Article R249-41 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the person remanded in custody is the subject of several detention warrants issued by liberty and custody judges from different judicial courts, only the judge from the court whose seat is closest to the establishment where the person is imprisoned shall have jurisdiction. If the person is detained for acts covered by article 706-16, the Paris liberty and custody judge has sole jurisdiction. The liberty and custody judge shall…

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