Any person apprehended by virtue of a request for arrest with a view to surrender must be brought before the public prosecutor with territorial jurisdiction within twenty-four hours. Within this period, the provisions of Articles 63-1 to 63-7 of this Code shall apply to him.
After verifying the identity of this person, this magistrate informs him, in a language he understands, that he is the subject of a request for arrest with a view to surrender and that he will appear, within a maximum of five days, before the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal. The public prosecutor also informs the person that he or she may be assisted by a lawyer of his or her choice or, failing this, by a lawyer appointed by the President of the Bar Association, who will be informed immediately by any means. The President of the Bar Association will also inform the person concerned that he or she will be able to confer immediately with the appointed lawyer.
Note of this information is made in the minutes, which are immediately sent to the public prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal.
If he decides not to release the person claimed, the public prosecutor presents him to the liberty and custody judge who orders his incarceration at the prison. However, if the judge considers that the person’s representation at all stages of the proceedings is sufficiently guaranteed in the light of the principles set out in article 59 of the Convention relating to the Statute of the International Criminal Court signed in Rome on 18 July 1998, the liberty and custody judge may, until the person’s appearance before the investigating chamber, subject the person to one or more of the measures set out in articles 138 et 142-5. Article 696-21 is applicable.