When the requested person is arrested, seizure shall be carried out, at the request of the judicial authority of the issuing Member State or on the initiative of the executing judicial authority, in the manner provided for in Article 56, by the first two paragraphs of Article 56-1, by articles 56-2, 56-3, 56-5 and 57 and by the first paragraph of article 59, objects:
1° Which may be used as evidence, or
2° Which have been acquired by the person sought as a result of the offence.
When ruling on the surrender of the wanted person, the Investigating Chamber shall order the surrender of the objects seized pursuant to 1° and 2°, where applicable, after ruling on a challenge made pursuant to the provisions of the second paragraph of Article 56-1.
This surrender may take place even if the European Arrest Warrant cannot be executed due to the escape or death of the wanted person.
The investigating chamber may, if it deems it necessary for criminal proceedings conducted on national territory, temporarily retain these items or hand them over on condition that they are returned.
The rights that the French State or third parties may have acquired over these objects are, however, reserved. If such rights exist, these objects shall be returned as soon as possible and free of charge to the French State at the end of the prosecution conducted on the territory of the issuing State.