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"The further actions in this case will depend on the court,"
the prosecutors' office said in a statement.
According to Polish law, if the court decides that the U.S.
request should proceed further, the justice minister will then
make the decision on whether to extradite Polanski.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker pleaded guilty in 1977 to having
unlawful sex with 13-year-old Samantha Geimer during a
photoshoot in Los Angeles fueled by champagne and drugs.
Polanski served 42 days in jail as part of a 90-day plea
bargain. He fled the United States the following year, believing
the judge hearing his case could overrule the deal and put him
in jail for years.
In 2009, Polanski was arrested in the Swiss city of Zurich on
the U.S. warrant and placed under house arrest. He was freed in
2010 after Swiss authorities decided not to extradite him to the
United States.
Now 81, he is viewed by many Poles as one of their greatest
living cultural figures. Internationally renowned for such films
as "Chinatown" and "The Pianist", Polanski is now in Poland to
make a film about the Dreyfus affair, a political scandal that
shook France more than a century ago.
(Writing by Wiktor Szary; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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