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1. The competent authorities of the administering State shall:
a) continue the enforcement of the sentence immediately or through a court or administrative order, under the conditions set out in Article 9; or
b) convert the sentence, through a judicial or administrative procedure, into a decision of that State, thereby substituting for the sanction imposed in the sentencing State a sanction prescribed by the law of the administering State for the same offence, under the conditions set out in Article 10.
2. The administering State, if requested, shall inform the sentencing State before the transfer of the sentenced person as to which of these procedures it will follow.
3. The enforcement of the sentence shall be governed by the law of the administering State and that State alone shall be competent to take all appropriate decisions. The administering State may, when deciding on early release or release on parole, also take account of the provisions or decisions referred to in Article 6, paragraph 2 e).