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Article 230-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor, the investigating judge or the judicial police officer assigned by him or requested by the public prosecutor, or the judicial police officer acting under his responsibility, shall draw up a report of the capturing, fixing and recording operations. This report shall mention the date and time of the start and end of the operations.

The recordings shall be placed under closed seals.

The judicial police officer or the judicial police agent acting under his responsibility shall describe, in a report placed in the file, the recorded data that is useful for establishing the truth. No footage relating to private life unrelated to the purpose for which the operations were authorised may be kept in the proceedings file.

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Article 230-52

Le procureur de la République, le juge d’instruction ou l’officier de police judiciaire commis par lui ou requis par le procureur de la République, ou l’agent de police judiciaire agissant sous sa responsabilité, dresse procès-verbal des opérations de captation, de fixation et d’enregistrement. Ce procès-verbal mentionne la date et l’heure du début et de la fin des opérations.

Les enregistrements sont placés sous scellés fermés.

L’officier de police judiciaire ou l’agent de police judiciaire agissant sous sa responsabilité décrit, dans un procès-verbal versé au dossier, les données enregistrées qui sont utiles à la manifestation de la vérité. Aucune séquence relative à la vie privée étrangère à l’objet pour lequel les opérations ont été autorisées ne peut être conservée dans le dossier de la procédure.

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