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Section 5: Remote access to correspondence stored by means of electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier

Article 706-95 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requirements of the investigation in flagrante delicto or the preliminary investigation relating to one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court may, at the request of the public prosecutor, authorise the interception, recording and transcription of correspondence sent via electronic communications in accordance with the procedures set out in the second and…

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Article 706-95-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requirements of the investigation into a crime or one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the liberty and custody judge may, at the request of the public prosecutor, authorise by reasoned order remote access, without the knowledge of the person concerned, to correspondence stored by electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier. The data to which access has…

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Article 706-95-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requirements of information relating to a crime or one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the investigating judge may authorise by reasoned order remote access, without the knowledge of the person concerned, to correspondence stored via electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier. The data to which access has been granted may be seized and recorded or copied…

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Article 706-95-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The operations mentioned in articles 706-95-1 and 706-95-2 are carried out under the authority and control of the magistrate who authorised them and may not, on pain of nullity, have any purpose other than the investigation and recording of the offences referred to in the magistrate’s decision. The magistrate or the judicial police officer appointed by the magistrate may request any qualified agent of a service or body placed under…

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