Chapter II: Procedure

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private or public places or vehicles, or the image of one or more persons in a private place. .

During the investigation, in order to set up the technical device mentioned in article 706-96, the liberty and custody judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in Article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the premises or any person holding a right over them. These operations, which may have…

The decision authorising use of the device referred to in Article 706-96 includes all the information needed to identify the vehicles or private or public places targeted, the offence for which the measures were taken and the duration of the measures.

Officers or agents of the judicial police or qualified agents responsible for carrying out the operations provided for in Article 706-96 are authorised to hold, for this purpose, devices falling within the provisions of article 226-3 of the Penal Code.