Section 4: Reduction of sentences

A reduction in sentence may be granted by the sentence enforcement judge, following the opinion of the sentence enforcement commission, to convicts serving one or more custodial sentences who have given sufficient evidence of good conduct and who have shown serious efforts to reintegrate. This reduction may not exceed six months per year of imprisonment and fourteen days per month for a period of imprisonment of less than one year….

In the event that a sentence handed down abroad is enforced in the territory of the Republic, the reductions in sentence granted prior to the enforcement of the sentence in France shall be retained by the convicted person insofar as they were granted in respect of the period of detention served abroad. .

Persons sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 421-1 to 421-6 of the Penal Code, excluding those defined in articles 421-2-5 to 421-2-5-2 of the same code, may not benefit from the reductions in sentence mentioned in Article 721 of this code only up to a maximum of three months per year of imprisonment and seven days per month for a period…

Persons sentenced to a custodial sentence for one or more of the offences mentioned in articles 221-3,221-4,222-3,222-8,222-10,222-12,222-14-1,222-14-5and 222-15-1 of the Penal Code to the detriment of a person invested with a public elective mandate, a magistrate, a member of the national gendarmerie, a member of the military deployed on national territory as part of the requisitions provided for in article L. 1321-1 du code de la défense, an official of…

When several custodial sentences are combined and they are subject to more than one of the sentence reduction schemes provided for in articles 721,721-1-1 and 721-1-2, the regime that applies is that of the longest penalty incurred or, in the event of equal penalties incurred, the strictest regime.

I.-When a convicted person serving one or more custodial sentences has not been able to benefit from a measure of release on parole or conditional release under the conditions provided for in Articles 720 and 730-3, the sentence enforcement judge may, for the sole purpose of promoting the integration or reintegration of the sentenced person and preventing the commission of further offences, order that a sentenced person who has benefited…

An exceptional reduction in sentence, which may amount to up to one-third of the sentence imposed, may be granted to convicted persons whose statements made to the administrative or judicial authorities before or after their conviction have made it possible to stop or avoid the commission of an offence referred to in Articles 706-73,706-73-1 and 706-74. Where these statements have been made by persons sentenced to life imprisonment, an exceptional…

An exceptional reduction in sentence, which may amount to up to one third of the sentence imposed, may be granted to convicted persons who, during their detention, including pre-trial detention, have prevented or put an end to any individual or collective action likely to seriously disrupt the maintenance of good order and security in the establishment or to endanger the life or physical or psychological integrity of prison staff or…