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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-24

The execution of a European arrest warrant may be refused:1° If, for the acts which are the subject of the arrest warrant, the person sought is being prosecuted before the French courts or if the Fren…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-34

Release may be requested at any time from the Investigating Chamber in accordance with the forms provided for in Articles 148-6 and 148-7. The wanted person's lawyer is summoned, by registered letter…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-36

…cally monitored house arrest, it appears that he or she clearly intends to evade the execution of a European arrest warrant, the Investigating Chamber may, on the application of the Public Prosecutor,…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-31

…irrevocable nature. If the Investigating Chamber finds that the legal conditions for executing the European Arrest Warrant have been met, it issues a ruling in which it acknowledges the wanted person…

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

Article 695-37

…sing surrender is given, the Public Prosecutor may order the arrest of the person concerned and his committal to prison. Article 74-2 then applies. The powers of the public prosecutor and the liberty…

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

Article 695-38

…s of Article 695-37 do not preclude the Investigating Chamber, after ruling on the execution of the European arrest warrant, from temporarily postponing the surrender for serious humanitarian reasons,…

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

Article 695-39

…eady been sentenced there and must serve a sentence there for an act other than that covered by the European arrest warrant, the Investigating Chamber may, after ruling on the execution of the arrest…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Appearance before the Investigating Chamber

Article 695-35

The release or modification of judicial supervision or electronically monitored house arrest may be ordered at any time by the investigating chamber under the conditions provided for in article 199, e…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Conditions of performance

Article 695-22

The execution of a European arrest warrant shall be refused in the following cases:1° If the acts for which it was issued could be prosecuted and judged by the French courts and the public prosecution…

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

Article 695-40

…l mention the length of detention undergone on national territory as a result of the execution of a European arrest warrant.

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