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Article 230-38 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The judicial police officer or the judicial police agent acting under his responsibility shall draw up a report of each of the operations to set up the technical means mentioned in Article 230-32 and the operations to record location data. This report shall mention the date and time when the operation began and when it ended.

The recordings are placed under closed seals.

Original in French 🇫🇷
Article 230-38
L’officier de police judiciaire ou l’agent de police judiciaire agissant sous sa responsabilité dresse procès-verbal de chacune des opérations de mise en place du moyen technique mentionné à l’article 230-32 et des opérations d’enregistrement des données de localisation. Ce procès-verbal mentionne la date et l’heure auxquelles l’opération a commencé et celles auxquelles elle s’est terminée.


Les enregistrements sont placés sous scellés fermés.


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