The execution of a freezing order may be deferred:
1° Where it is likely to prejudice an ongoing criminal investigation;
2° Where any of the property in question has already been the subject of a freezing or seizure order in criminal proceedings;
3° Where the freezing order is made with a view to the subsequent confiscation of property and that property is already the subject of a freezing or seizure order in the context of non-criminal proceedings in France ;
4° Where any of the property in question is a document or medium protected under national defence, as long as the decision to declassify it has not been notified by the competent administrative authority to the investigating judge in charge of enforcing the freezing order.
The investigating judge who decides to postpone the execution of the freezing order shall immediately inform the judicial authority of the issuing State by any means that leaves a written record, specifying the reason for the postponement and, if possible, its foreseeable duration.