Article R158 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.
In all cases where the documents of a proceeding are sent, the court clerk is required to attach an inventory, which he shall draw up free of charge, as prescribed in article 586.
Only rulings, judgments, criminal orders and court orders requested in this form by the parties or the Public Prosecutor’s Office shall be sent in the enforceable form. .
In the drafting of judgments and rulings, pleadings or submissions by either the public prosecutor or the defence counsel for the accused or defendant shall not be inserted, but only their conclusions.
In criminal matters, when authorised, the issue of reproductions of procedural documents other than decisions is remunerated at the rate of 0.46 euros per page. If the proceedings have been digitised, the copy may be issued in digitised form; it is then remunerated at the rate of 5 euros per digital medium, regardless of the number of pages on the medium. However, the issue of the first reproduction of each…
In criminal matters, copies may be issued to third parties, without prior authorisation: 1° Decisions of the Court of Cassation; 2° Decisions of courts of first or second instance, when they are final and have been handed down publicly following a public debate.
The public prosecutor or the public prosecutor may, however, object, by a specially reasoned decision, to the issue of a copy of a decision mentioned in 2° of Article R. 166: 1° In the case of a conviction erased by amnesty, rehabilitation or review; > In the case of a conviction erased by amnesty, rehabilitation or review; In the case of a conviction erased by amnesty, rehabilitation or review 2°…
The Public Prosecutor or the Principal Public Prosecutor may, by reasoned decision and even though no request has yet been made, decide to conceal information enabling the natural persons mentioned in the decision to be identified, when they are parties or third parties, to be concealed if their disclosure is likely to undermine the security or privacy of these persons or their entourage. In any event, this concealment is carried…
When they are issued to third parties: 1° Copies of decisions handed down by assize courts do not mention the identity of the jurors; 2° Copies of decisions handed down by juvenile courts do not mention the identity of the assessors; 3° Copies of decisions handed down by the enforcement divisions of the courts of appeal composed in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 712-13 do not mention the…
Copies of non-final decisions, decisions handed down by investigating courts or courts for the enforcement of sentences and decisions handed down by juvenile courts or after hearings held in camera, as well as copies of other acts or documents in criminal proceedings, may only be issued to third parties with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and provided that the applicant can justify a legitimate…
The decision of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor’s office taken pursuant to articles R. 167, R. 168 or R. 170 is notified to the interested party. The interested party may appeal to the President of the Investigating Chamber within two months of being notified of the decision. Where a decision to suppress has been taken pursuant to Article R. 168 and no request for a copy has yet…
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