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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 4: Surrender of the wanted person

Article 695-39

Where the requested person is being prosecuted in France or has already been sentenced there and must serve a sentence there for an act other than that covered by the European arrest warrant, the Inve…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-44

Where the European arrest warrant has been issued for the purposes of criminal proceedings, the Investigating Chamber shall accede to any request for a hearing of the requested person made by the judi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Special cases

Article 695-45

The investigating chamber may also, where this is possible and the person sought consents, agree to the temporary transfer of the latter in accordance with the forms provided for in the articles 695-2…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Transit

Article 695-49

The application for transit authorisation and the information provided for in Article 695-48 shall be sent to the Minister of Justice by any means that allows a written record to be kept. The Minister…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-58

For the application of Article 695-46, in the context of the surrender procedures provided for in this section, consent shall be refused to a State that is not a member of the European Union if the of…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Extradition procedure under ordinary law

Article 696-9

The extradition request is, after verification of the documents, forwarded, together with the file, by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Minister of Justice who, after ensuring that the request i…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 4: Effects of extradition

Article 696-36

Extradition obtained by the French Government shall be null and void if it has taken place outside the conditions provided for in this chapter. Immediately after the extradited person is taken into cu…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-46

Where an investigative decision is requested to provisionally prevent the destruction, transformation, moving, transfer or disposal of items likely to be used as evidence, the magistrate shall give hi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Special provisions for certain investigative measures

Article 694-49

Where the issuing State requests, under a European Investigation Order, the execution of an investigative measure that requires evidence to be obtained in real time, on a continuous basis and over a s…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 5: Surrender procedures resulting from agreements concluded by the European Union with other States.

Article 695-52

In the absence of any stipulation to the contrary in the agreement concerned, this Chapter shall apply to requests for surrender between France and a State which is not a member of the European Union…

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