When the sentenced person shows serious signs of social rehabilitation, the sentence enforcement court may, exceptionally and under the conditions provided by Article 712-7, decide that the security period provided for by Article 132-23of the Penal Code be terminated or its duration reduced.
However, where the Assize Court has decided to increase the security period to thirty years pursuant to the provisions of the last paragraph of Articles 221-3 and 221-4 of the Penal Code, the sentence enforcement court may only reduce the length of the security period or terminate it after the convicted person has been incarcerated for a period of at least twenty years.
In the event that the Assize Court has decided that none of the measures listed in Article 132-23 of the Criminal Code could be granted to a person sentenced to life imprisonment, the Sentence Enforcement Court may only grant one of these measures if the sentenced person has undergone incarceration for a period of at least thirty years.
The decisions provided for in the previous paragraph may only be made after an expert opinion has been given by a panel of three medical experts registered on the list of experts approved by the Court of Cassation, who give their opinion on the dangerousness of the sentenced person.
As an exception to the provisions of the third paragraph of article 732, the sentence enforcement court may order assistance and supervision measures without a time limit.