Subsection 4: Provisions specific to the audiovisual means of communication provided for in Article L. 532-13

When the president of the Cour nationale du droit d’asile decides to use an audiovisual means of communication to hold hearings under the conditions provided for in Article L. 532-13, the applicant is informed of this in the notice of hearing provided for in Article R. 532-32.

The persons concerned are duly summoned to a hearing room separate from that of the Cour nationale du droit d’asile, under the conditions laid down by the provisions of Article L. 532-13 and this sub-section.

Audiovisual communication shall be implemented by means whose technical characteristics ensure faithful, fair and confidential retransmission with regard to third parties, in accordance with the procedures defined by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for asylum. Audiovisual communication shall be implemented by means whose technical characteristics ensure faithful, fair and confidential retransmission with regard to third parties, in accordance with the procedures defined by joint…

The interpreter is made available to the applicant in the hearing room where he or she is present.In the event of difficulty in obtaining the assistance of a qualified interpreter physically present with the applicant, the hearing is held only after the Cour nationale du droit d’asile has ensured that such an interpreter is present in the room where it is sitting throughout.

Unless the hearing is recorded, minutes are drawn up by the registrar in each of the two courtrooms.