V tem primeru in če sodišče odloči, da je ugovor nedopusten, se za vse namene te konvencije šteje, da sta bila sodba, ki je bila izrečena v nenavzočnosti, in kazenski sklep izrečena v kontradiktornem postopku.
In that event, and if the court declares the opposition inadmissible, the judgment rendered in absentia or the ordonnance pénale shall, for the entire purposes of this Convention, be considered as having been rendered after a hearing of the accused.