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Article 696-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If, for a single offence, extradition is requested concurrently by several States, it shall be granted in preference to the State against whose interests the offence was directed, or to the State on whose territory it was committed.

If the competing requests relate to different offences, account shall be taken, in deciding on priority, of all the factual circumstances, and in particular the relative seriousness and place of the offences, the respective dates of the requests, any undertaking given by one of the requesting States to effect re-extradition.

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Article 696-5

Si, pour une infraction unique, l’extradition est demandée concurremment par plusieurs Etats, elle est accordée de préférence à l’Etat contre les intérêts duquel l’infraction était dirigée, ou à celui sur le territoire duquel elle a été commise.

Si les demandes concurrentes ont pour cause des infractions différentes, il est tenu compte, pour décider de la priorité, de toutes circonstances de fait, et, notamment, de la gravité relative et du lieu des infractions, de la date respective des demandes, de l’engagement qui serait pris par l’un des Etats requérants de procéder à la réextradition.

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