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1. If the requested State sees fit to take action on the request to enforce a judgment rendered in absentia or an "ordonnance pénale", it ^shall cause the person sentenced to be personally notified of the decision rendered in the requesting State.
2. In the notification to the person sentenced information shall also be given:
(a) that a request for enforcement has been presented in accordance with this Convention;
(b) that the only remedy available is an opposition as provided for in Article 24 of this Convention;
(c) that the opposition must be lodged with such authority as may be specified; that for the purposes of its admissibility the opposition is subject to the provisions of Article 24 of this Convention; and that the person sentenced may ask to be heard by the authorities of the sentencing 'State;
(d) that, if no opposition is lodged within the prescribed period, the judgment will, for the entire purposes of this Convention, be considered as having been rendered after a hearing of the accused.
3. A copy of the notification shall be sent promptly to the authority which requested enforcement.