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Article R40-49 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The data and information mentioned in 1°, 2°, 4° and 5° of Article R. 40-46, following investigations carried out pursuant to articles R. 40-43-1 and R. 40-43-2, are placed under seal and kept within the data processing system until expiry of the statute of limitations for public prosecution. They may only be accessed by the magistrate in charge of the proceedings and the staff he has authorised to access them….

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Article R40-51 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The national platform for judicial interception is implemented by a department with national competence reporting to the Minister of Justice, called the “Agence nationale des techniques d’enquêtes numériques judiciaires” (National Agency for Judicial Digital Investigation Techniques). This department is headed by a judicial magistrate and reports to the Secretary General of the Ministry of Justice. The National Agency for Judicial Digital Investigation Techniques is responsible for compiling and storing the…

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Article R40-52 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The magistrates, civil servants and agents of this ministry responsible for the operation, maintenance and upkeep of the national platform for judicial interception as well as the persons to whom services detachable from the judicial purposes of the processing may be entrusted by contract are authorised at Secret level. They are subject to professional secrecy under the conditions and penalties set out in article 226-13 of the Criminal Code.

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Article R40-53 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The national platform for judicial interception is placed under the control of a qualified personality, appointed for a non-renewable period of five years by order of the Minister of Justice, and assisted by a committee of five members. The National Agency for Judicial Digital Investigation Techniques, at its request, sends it all information relating to the processing. The Agence Nationale des Techniques d’Enquêtes Numériques Judiciaires (National Agency for Judicial Digital…

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Article R40-54 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The committee referred to in the previous article comprises: a) A senator and a deputy respectively chosen by the president of the Senate, after each partial renewal of the Senate, and by the president of the National Assembly, for the duration of the legislature, on the proposal of the competent committee of each assembly; b) An honorary judge of the Court of Cassation, appointed for a non-renewable term of five…

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Article R40-55 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

In accordance with the dispositions de l’article 111 de la loi n° 78-17 du 6 janvier 1978 modififiée relative à l’informatique, aux fichiers et aux libertés, l’accès aux données mentionnées à l’article R. 40-46 and the conditions for their rectification or deletion are governed by the provisions relating to access to the criminal proceedings file contained in the code de procédure pénale. With regard to the persons mentioned in article…

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Article R41 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The seat of the assize courts listed below is exceptionally set in a town other than the chief town of the court of appeal if there is one or in the opposite case other than the chief town of the department. Assize court DEPARTMENTS HEADQUARTERS Charente-Maritime Saintes Manche Coutances Pas-de-Calais Saint-Omer Saône-et-Loire Chalon-sur-Saône Var Draguignan

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