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Article D40 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Requests for expert reports, for the modification of an expert’s mission or for the addition of a co-expert and observations concerning expert reports provided for in articles 156, 161-1, 161-2,167 and 167-2 are sent to the investigating judge in accordance with the procedures set out in the penultimate paragraph of Article 81. However, they may be made in accordance with the procedures set out in Article D. 591 when the…

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Article D40-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The notice of the end of information sent to the parties pursuant to I of Article 175 shall include a statement informing them of their right to request, if they have not already done so, and in accordance with the procedures set out in the penultimate paragraph of Article 81, to exercise one or more of the rights provided for in IV and VI of Article 175.

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Article D40-1-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When the public prosecutor’s final indictment sent to the examining magistrate pursuant to II of Article 175 has not been copied to the parties’ lawyers, the examining magistrate’s clerk or the joint secretariat of the investigation shall proceed with this dispatch. This dispatch may be made by electronic means of communication in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 803-1.

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Article D40-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The observations, requests for action and additional observations provided for in IV and VI of Article 175 shall be sent to the investigating judge in accordance with the procedure laid down in the penultimate paragraph of l’article 81. However, they may be made by electronic means of communication in accordance with the procedures laid down in Article D. 591 where the provisions of that Article are applicable following the protocol…

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Article D40-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Articles 186 and 186-1, and for all transfers of files to the court of appeal, the copy of the information file provided for by Article 81 which must be sent to the public prosecutor or the president of the investigating chamber may be the copy in digital format provided for by Article D. 15-7. It may be sent by electronic means of communication.

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Article D43 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The number and days of hearings of the investigating chamber are fixed at the end of each judicial year for the following judicial year by a joint decision of the first president and the public prosecutor taken after consulting the general assembly of the court of appeal. If necessary, this decision may be modified under the same conditions during the course of the year. If it is impossible to reach…

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Article D43-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of articles 187-3 and 194, the file of the investigation proceedings may be transmitted to the first president of the court of appeal, the public prosecutor, the investigating chamber or its president, by electronic means of communication to the electronic address of the relevant department of the court registry of the court of appeal, in particular where this file has been drawn up or converted into digital…

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Article D43-1-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

At least once a year, on the occasion of one of the half-yearly statements provided for in article 221, the President of the Examining Magistrate’s Chamber or a member of the Chamber delegated by him will receive the Examining Magistrates within his jurisdiction to examine the content of these statements. This meeting may also take place on the occasion of a visit to the investigating judge’s chambers by the president…

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