MINISTERE —— ; - DE LA JUSTICE Direction des affaires criminelles et des graces Liberté Fgalisé Fraternité Sous-direction de la justice pénale spécialisée Bureau de l’entraide pénale internationale _— Paris, le 9 mars 2021 Monsieur le garde des Sceaux, ministre de la Justice a Department of Justice (D.¢ ).J) Par lintermédiaire Ambas aide ies Etats- Unis a’. lméri J'ai l'honneur de porter a votre connaissance que la procédure et les conditions d’extradition sont régies en France par les articles 696 et suivants du code de procedure pénale francais pen Sur leur Larticle 696-2 de ce code prévoit ainsi que « fe gouvernem demand: foule personne n'ayant pas /a nationa f francats t d'une gut, etant fo fat requerant ou d une condamination prononcee par ses tribune *, est trouvée sur que ¢ jrangaise, Cette derniére étant appréciée l'époque de l'infraction pour laquelle I'extradition est requise » Ainsi, le fait que la petsonne recherchée ait la nationalité fi ang¢aise constitue un obstacle insurmontable a son extradition. Dés lors que cette nationalité s’apprécie au moment de la commission de l’infraction, la perte de la nationalité, posterieurement a la commission de cette derniére, est sans incidence sur la procédure d’extradition, et ne permet pas de lever cet obstacle Le Chef du Bureau de I’f ntrlide Péyfale Internationale 13, place Vendéme - 75042 Paris Cedex 01 Téléphone : 01 44 77 60 60 www justice gouv. fr EFTA00084083

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MINISTRY OF JUSTICE Liberty J Directorate of Criminal Affairs & Pardons Equality Fraternity Specialized Criminal Justice Sub-Directorate International Criminal Assistance Bureau Paris, March 9, 2021 His Honor the Keeper of Seals, Minister of Justice To the Department of Justice (D.O.J) Embassy of the United States of America located in Paris, France I hereby inform you that in France, all removal proceedings and conditions are governed by Articles 696 et sq. of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Article 696-2 of said Code provides that: “The French government is able to remit to foreign governments upon their request any individual who is not a French citizen and who is subject to a lawsuit brought on behalf of the requesting State, or who is subject to a sentence passed by the Court of said requesting State, and who is located on the territory of the French Republic.” Article 694-4 expressly specifies as follows: “Removal is not granted: 1- When the individual claimed to have French citizenship, said citizenship having been assessed at the time of the offense on the basis of which removal is being requested.” WHEREBY, the fact that the wanted individual is a French national constitutes an insuperable obstacle to his/her removal. As long as said nationality is assessed at the time the offense was committed, any loss of nationality subsequent to said offense has no bearing upon the removal proceedings and shall not supersede said assessment of nationality. Head of the International Criminal Assistance Bureau 13, place Vend6éme - 75042 Paris Cedex 01 - France Telephone: (011) 33.1.44.77.60.60 www. justice. gouv.fr EFTA00084084