For the purposes of Article 696-135, the Public Prosecutor responsible for deciding whether investigations will be continued by the Public Prosecutor who has refused to relinquish jurisdiction or by the delegated European Public Prosecutor is the Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the specialised inter-regional court for economic and financial matters provided for by Article 704 is located, or, if the Public Prosecutor who has refused to relinquish jurisdiction is the Financial Public Prosecutor, the Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal.
The public prosecutor instructed by the competent public prosecutor to continue the investigations may decide that they will be continued by the customs authorities, in accordance with the provisions of the Customs Code, where the offence concerned falls within the scope of that Code.
The decision of the Public Prosecutor, which constitutes a measure of judicial administration not subject to appeal, shall be sent by any means and as soon as possible to the Public Prosecutor and the Deputy European Public Prosecutor.