The execution of a European arrest warrant may also be refused if the act which is the subject of the said arrest warrant does not constitute an offence under French law. By way of derogation from the first paragraph, a European arrest warrant shall be executed without verification of the double criminality of the acts complained of where the acts in question are, under the law of the issuing Member…
The execution of a European arrest warrant may be refused: 1° If, for the acts which are the subject of the arrest warrant, the person sought is being prosecuted before the French courts or if the French courts have decided not to institute proceedings or to terminate them; 2° Si la personne recherchée pour l’exécution d’une peine ou d’une mesure de sûreté privative de liberté est de nationalité française, a…
Reasons must be given for any refusal to execute a European arrest warrant.
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…
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…
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…
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.
The proceedings are immediately referred to the Investigating Chamber. The wanted person shall appear before it within five working days from the date of his presentation to the public prosecutor.
When the wanted person appears, the investigating chamber establishes his or her identity and takes his or her statements, a record of which is drawn up. The hearing is public, unless publicity is likely to prejudice the proper conduct of the proceedings in progress, the interests of a third party or the dignity of the person. In this case, the Investigating Chamber, at the request of the Public Prosecutor, the…
If, at the time of his appearance, the wanted person declares that he consents to his surrender, the investigating chamber informs him of the legal consequences of his consent and of its irrevocable nature. When the wanted person maintains his consent to surrender, the Investigating Chamber asks him whether he intends to waive the rule of speciality, after having informed him of the legal consequences of such a waiver and…
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