If a French national has been convicted by a foreign court and this conviction appears on bulletin no. 1 of his criminal record, he may apply to the criminal court of his place of residence, or of Paris if he resides abroad, to have this entry removed.
The application may only be brought before the competent court, on pain of inadmissibility, at the end of the periods provided for in Article 133-16-1 of the Criminal Code.
The application shall be investigated and judged in accordance with Article 703 of this Code.
If the conviction is handed down by a court in a Member State of the European Union, the removal of its entry from bulletin no. 1 does not prevent it from being retransmitted to the other Member States.