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Article D589-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The exemptions provided for in II of Article 801-1 are applicable to any procedural document in digital format available to the judicial authority as well as those intended to be transmitted to it.

The magistrate under whose direction the investigation is conducted may decide not to include in the digital procedural file the documents, multimedia content or data transmitted to him by the service, unit or person mentioned in the second paragraph of Article D. 589, where appropriate by ordering their placement under seal.

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Article D589-6

Les dispenses prévues au II de l’article 801-1 sont applicables à toute pièce de procédure sous format numérique dont dispose l’autorité judiciaire ainsi qu’à celles ayant vocation à lui être transmises.


Le magistrat sous la direction duquel l’enquête est menée peut décider de ne pas verser au dossier de procédure numérique les documents, contenus multimédias ou données qui lui ont été transmis par le service, l’unité ou la personne mentionnés au deuxième alinéa de l’article D. 589, le cas échéant en ordonnant leur placement sous scellés.

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