Regulatory part - Council of State decrees

The Ministry of Justice is authorised to implement automated processing of personal data known as “Cassiopée”, comprising the application known as the “automated national order office for judicial proceedings” provided for in Article 48-1. The purpose of this processing is to record information and personal data relating to legal proceedings within the judicial courts, in order to facilitate the management and monitoring of these proceedings by the magistrates, court clerks…

Insofar as they are necessary to pursue the purposes mentioned in Article R. 15-33-61-4, the following information and personal data may be recorded: 1° Concerning individuals: a) In criminal proceedings and proceedings other than criminal proceedings under the jurisdiction of the liberty and custody judge, concerning witnesses, persons under investigation or assisted witnesses, defendants, accused persons, persons subject to extradition proceedings or a European arrest warrant, victims and civil parties:…

I.-In accordance with article 48-1, the retention period for personal information and data recorded as part of criminal proceedings is ten years from the last recorded update; this period is extended to : -twenty years when the person has been sentenced to a criminal penalty or when the proceedings relate to an offence to which the limitation period for public action provided for in the third paragraph of Article 7…

I. – The following may have direct access to personal information and data recorded in the processing in the context of criminal proceedings: 1° Magistrates from the Public Prosecutor’s Office and magistrates from the Court of First Instance who carry out criminal duties: a) In all judicial courts and courts of appeal, for the sole purpose of processing offences or proceedings brought before them; b) In the courts referred to…