Paragraph 1: Grounds for refusal of recognition and enforcement

Recognition and enforcement on French territory of a conviction handed down by the court of another Member State may be refused only in the cases provided for in Articles 728-32 and 728-33. The decision to refuse shall state the reasons for the refusal by reference to these same articles.

Enforcement of the sentencing decision shall be refused in the following cases: 1° The certificate is not produced, is incomplete or manifestly does not correspond to the sentencing decision and has not been completed or corrected within the time limit set; 2° The sentenced person is neither in France nor in the sentencing State; 3° The conditions laid down in Article 728-11 are not fulfilled; 4° The conviction relates to…

Enforcement of the sentencing decision may be refused in the following cases: 1° The sentencing decision is based on offences committed wholly, mainly or for the most part on French territory or in an assimilated place; 2° The length of the sentence remaining to be served is less than six months on the date of receipt of the certificate; 3° The sentencing State has refused to give its consent for…