Any public or private person authorised to transmit documents in digital format in accordance with the second paragraph of Article D. 589, must strictly comply with the terms and conditions set out in this authorisation.
When this authorisation is issued to a lawyer or to the bar association to which he belongs, it must state:
the means of telecommunication chosen, specifying the recipient’s electronic address and, where applicable, the secure platform for the exchange of documents and files used;
the days and times for receipt of documents after which they are no longer admissible where this code sets a time limit for expiry ;
the technical event from which the transmission is deemed to have been received by the court to which it is addressed, this event causing the time limits laid down in the provisions of this code to run, where applicable.
This authorisation may list exhaustively the documents, requests, statements and observations that may be transmitted by this means, or those that may be excluded from such transmission. In the absence of any specification, all documents, requests, declarations or observations provided for in this Code may be transmitted by this means.
The protocols based on the third paragraph of Article D. 589 and concluded between the heads of the courts and the lawyers or bar associations to which the latter belong may specify that all or some of the conditions, restrictions and procedures provided for by Articles D. 591 to D. 593 are not applicable.