The magistrate hearing the case may decide to suspend such handover pending a decision on the appeal lodged against an act implementing the investigation decision, unless there are sufficient grounds for considering that immediate handover is essential for the proper conduct of the investigation or for the preservation of individual rights. However, the handing over of evidence is in all cases suspended if it is likely to cause serious and irreversible harm to the person concerned.
The magistrate hearing the case may order the temporary handover to the issuing authority of reports, seized objects and other evidence gathered in execution of the investigative decision, with the onus on that authority to return them as soon as they are no longer required, in particular where they are useful for proceedings underway in France.