The Public Prosecutor sends the Minister of Justice the annual criminal policy report on the application of the law and the general instructions, as well as the annual report on the activity and management of the public prosecutor’s offices within his jurisdiction, provided for in the third paragraph of article 35, before 31 March of the year following the year to which they relate.
The information contained in these two reports may be combined in a single report.
They shall include a summary of the reports sent to it by the public prosecutors within its jurisdiction pursuant to Article 39-1.
The Public Prosecutor communicates his report(s) to the first president of the court of appeal, for distribution to the judges before the next general meeting of judges and prosecutors, during which he informs this meeting of the conditions of implementation, within the jurisdiction of the court, of criminal policy and the general instructions that have been sent to him for this purpose by the Minister of Justice.