Article 723-31-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
The situation of all sentenced persons who may be subject to judicial supervision in accordance with Article 723-29 must be examined before their scheduled release date. The sentence enforcement judge or the public prosecutor may, to this end, request that the sentenced person be placed, for a period of between two and six weeks, in a specialised service responsible for observing detainees for the purposes of a multidisciplinary assessment of…