Chapter V: Geolocation

No conviction may be handed down on the basis of evidence gathered under the conditions provided for in Article 230-40, unless the request and the report referred to in the last paragraph of this same article have been added to the file pursuant to l’article 230-41.

Recordings of location data shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor’s office, on expiry of the limitation period for prosecution. A record of the destruction operation shall be drawn up.

This chapter shall not apply where the purpose of real-time geolocation operations is to locate electronic communication terminal equipment, a vehicle or any other object whose lawful owner or possessor is the victim of the offence under investigation or enquiry or the missing person within the meaning of articles 74-1 or 80-4, where the purpose of these operations is to find the victim, the object stolen from him or her…