Legislative part

The representative of the public prosecutor shall forward to the competent authority of the executing State a certified copy of the sentencing decision and the original or a copy of the certificate referred to in article 728-12 and, where applicable, a copy of the record of the hearing of the convicted person and the record of the hearing of the person responsible for representing or assisting him or her. He…

When the sentenced person is on the territory of the executing State, the public prosecutor may ask the competent authority of that State, when forwarding the sentencing decision and the certificate, to provisionally arrest the sentenced person or to take any measure to ensure that he or she remains on the territory of that State pending the decision on recognition and enforcement. In urgent cases, if the representative of the…

When the representative of the public prosecutor is consulted by the competent authority of the executing State on partial recognition of the sentencing decision, he or she shall examine whether an agreement can be reached, after considering the possible arrangements for such a solution in conjunction with that authority. Partial enforcement of the sentence may not result in an increase in the length of the custodial sentence or detention order….

As long as the enforcement of the sentence has not begun, the representative of the public prosecutor’s office may, at any time, decide to withdraw the certificate, subject to article 728-22-1. He shall inform the competent authority of the executing State of the reason for such withdrawal. The certificate shall be withdrawn, in particular, when: 1° The competent authority of the enforcing State having issued, subsequent to the transmission of…

The sentenced person may challenge the decision of the representative of the public prosecutor’s office before the president of the enforcement division of the court of appeal: 1° To automatically forward a sentencing decision to the competent authority of another European Union Member State for enforcement pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 728-15 ;