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 shall also send that authority a translation of the certificate either into the official language or one of the official languages of the executing State or into one of the official languages of the institutions of the European Union accepted by that State. At the request of the competent authority of the executing State, it shall arrange for a translation of the conviction or the essential parts thereof to be drawn up and forwarded under the same conditions.
At the request of the competent authority of the executing State, the certified copy of the convicting decision and the original of the certificate shall be sent to it as soon as possible.