Chapter II: Transmission of requests, notifications or service by electronic means of telecommunication

For the application of the provisions of Article 803-1, the lawyer may make his or her electronic address known after the first appearance of the person under investigation, or the first hearing of the civil party or the assisted witness, where this address does not appear, generally speaking, in the directory of lawyers communicated to the court.

In the case of documents drawn up or converted into digital format pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 801-1 and Articles D. 589 to D. 589-7, may be served on lawyers by sending them by telecommunication to the lawyer’s electronic address, a written record of which shall be kept, in accordance with the provisions of I of Article 803-1 :

In accordance with the terms and conditions set out in an agreement between the Ministry of Justice and the national representative organisations of the Bars and Law Societies, the parties’ lawyers may transmit the following requests, statements and observations by a secure means of telecommunication to the electronic address of the court or the relevant department thereof, a written record of which shall be kept: 1° Requests for copies of…

The provisions of Article D. 591 are also applicable to the filing of pleadings before the Investigating Chamber, as provided for by Article 198.

The provisions of Article D. 591 do not apply to applications for release or for release from judicial supervision.

In application of the first paragraph of I of Article 801-1, the documents of lawyers at the Conseil d’Etat and the Cour de cassation provided for by the provisions of this Code in the context of their representation mandate and in particular constitutions, pleadings as well as the documents associated with them, observations, requests for extensions and derogations and applications may be drawn up and sent to the Criminal Division…

I.-Service by electronic means under the provisions of the last paragraph of II of Article 803-1 may take place either when they are made to the Public Prosecutor, or when they are made at the request of the Public Prosecutor, under the conditions set out in this article, without prejudice to compliance with the conditions set out in Articles 550 to 555 and 564 à 566. Service is effected via…