The order made pursuant to Article 706-179 may, to the exclusion of all other means of appeal, be referred within five days of its notification, at the request of the public prosecutor or the parties, either to the investigating chamber if the specialised court in favour of which relinquishment was ordered or refused is within the jurisdiction of the court of appeal in which the court initially seised is located, or, if this is not the case, to the criminal chamber of the Cour de cassation. Within eight days of receiving the file, the Investigating Chamber or the Criminal Division appoints the investigating judge responsible for continuing the investigation. The public prosecutor may also refer the matter directly to the investigating chamber or the criminal division of the Cour de cassation when the investigating judge has not made his order within the one-month period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 706-179.
The investigating judge and the public prosecutor shall be notified of the judgment of the investigating chamber or the criminal chamber and the parties shall be notified.
The present article is applicable to a judgment of the Investigating Chamber given on the basis of the last paragraph of the same Article 706-179, in which case the appeal is brought before the Criminal Division.