French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe judicial authorities shall request the transfer or extraction of accused persons for the purposes and under the conditions determined by the provisions of Chapter V of Title I of Book II of the Penitentiary Code.
The gendarmerie or police services will carry out the transfer or extraction orders. In geographical areas determined by joint order of the Ministers of Justice and the Interior, it is normally carried out by the prison administration.
In the latter case, in the event of the transport of a detainee listed in the register of particularly high-profile detainees provided for in the article D. 223-11 du code pénitentiaire, police or gendarmerie forces are called in to reinforce the prison escort. Exceptionally, in the event of the transport of a detainee presenting a risk of very serious harm to public order, identified by representatives of the forces of law and order or reported by the requesting judicial authority, a reinforcement of the prison escort may be decided jointly by the prison administration directorate and the national police and gendarmerie directorates.
The costs of the operation are chargeable to the criminal and correctional justice costs chapter, except in the case provided for in article R. 99.
