French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceAny order made on the basis of articles 628-2 or 628-3 by which an examining magistrate decides whether or not to relinquish jurisdiction or the Paris examining magistrate decides whether or not he has jurisdiction may, to the exclusion of any other remedy, be referred within five days of notification, at the request of the Public Prosecutor or the parties, to the Criminal Division of the Cour de Cassation, which shall designate, within eight days of receipt of the file, the court responsible for continuing the investigation. The public prosecutor may also refer the matter directly to the criminal chamber of the Cour de cassation where the investigating judge has not made his order within the one-month period provided for in the first paragraph of Article 628-2.
The criminal chamber which finds that the investigating judge of the Paris judicial court does not have jurisdiction may nevertheless, in the interests of the proper administration of justice, decide that the information shall be continued at that court.
The judgment of the criminal chamber shall be brought to the attention of the investigating judge and the public prosecutor and served on the parties.
This article shall apply to a judgment given on the basis of the last paragraph of articles 628-2 and 628-3 by which an investigating chamber rules on its relinquishment of jurisdiction or competence.
