The hearing panel may not base its decision on information outside the case file relating to factual circumstances specific to the asylum seeker or to his story, without first informing the parties.
Where the panel is likely to base its decision on a plea raised ex officio, the parties shall be informed in advance, in particular where the plea is based on the fact that the applicant is covered by one of the exclusion clauses in sections D, E and F of Article 1 of the Geneva Convention of 28 July 1951 or in Article L. 512-2.
The parties shall be given a period in which to submit their observations, without this being prevented by the closure of the written investigation.