French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceWhere the provisions of the articles 474 and D. 48-2, the summonses provided for in Article 723-15 are issued by the sentence enforcement judge and by the prison integration and probation service. The convicted offender is summoned first to appear before the sentence enforcement judge and then before the prison integration and probation service.
However, in view of the organisation of the enforcement of sentences service and the prison integration and probation service, the enforcement of sentences judge may, in particular with regard to the quantum of the sentence handed down, the nature of the offences and the convicted person's past record, decide that the convicted person is summoned to:
1° Either first before the prison integration and probation service, then before the sentence enforcement judge;
2° Or only before the sentence enforcement judge, the summons to appear before the prison integration and probation service being made, where applicable, by the sentence enforcement judge after the sentenced person has been presented before this magistrate.
