The Public Prosecutor’s Office at the investigating, trial or enforcement court that has issued an arrest warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant either at the request of the court or of its own motion, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by the articles 695-12 to 695-15.
In the absence of a waiver of the benefit of the principle of speciality, where the person sought has already been surrendered to France for any act other than that for which he or she is again sought, the Public Prosecutor’s Office at the trial, investigating or enforcement court that issued a bring warrant shall execute it in the form of a European arrest warrant.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office shall also be competent, if it considers it necessary, to ensure, in the form of a European arrest warrant, the execution of custodial sentences of four months or more handed down by the trial courts, in accordance with the rules and under the conditions determined by Articles 695-12 to 695-15.