The technical device referred to in Article D. 589-4 enables the handwritten signature of any person to be obtained, including any person taking part in the proceedings within the meaning of Article 11, in order to make it a digital image integrated into the body of one of the acts mentioned in the first paragraph of I of article 801-1.
The collection in digital form of one or more handwritten signatures is carried out under the supervision of the person responsible for affixing their electronic signature to the document, in accordance with the second paragraph of Article D. 589-4.
The identity of the person providing a handwritten signature collected in digital form must be stated in the document. Where applicable, it is stated whether this identity is presumed or unknown.
After the electronic signature has been affixed, all the elements contained in the document, including the handwritten signatures collected in digital form, may not be altered.
Where, for the keeping of the document, audiovisual telecommunication means are used pursuant to Article 706-71, the handwritten signature may be recorded in digital form with the assistance of a person, not a party to the proceedings, present alongside the signatory.
The provisions of this Article do not apply to handwritten signatures collected in digital form by the device referred to in Article R. 49-1.