French Code of civil procedure

The judicial court alone has jurisdiction to hear letters rogatory. The judicial court with territorial jurisdiction is the court within whose jurisdiction the letters rogatory are to be executed.

The Minister of Justice shall transmit letters rogatory addressed to him to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the competent judicial court. The Minister of Justice shall transmit letters rogatory addressed to him to the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the competent judicial court.

The Public Prosecutor’s Office shall immediately forward the letter rogatory to the president of the judicial court for execution.

On receipt of the letter rogatory, the judge appointed for this purpose by the president of the judicial court shall carry out the prescribed operations. .

The letter rogatory shall be executed in accordance with French law unless the foreign court has requested that it be executed in a particular form. If so requested in the letter rogatory, the questions and answers shall be transcribed or recorded in full.