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This document is an exhibit filed on December 18, 2020, in the case United States v. Ghislaine Maxwell (Case 1:20-cr-00330-AJN). It is a formal statement in French by Philippe Jaegle, Head of the International Mutual Legal Assistance Bureau, explaining that under the 1996 bilateral treaty and French law, France systematically refuses to extradite its own nationals to the United States. It clarifies that exceptions to this rule only apply within the European Union.