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Article R53-21-11 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Any person whose identity is entered in the register may ask the public prosecutor to order the rectification or deletion of information concerning them if the information is not accurate or if the legal conditions for its retention are no longer met. The competent public prosecutor is the one who made the recording or that of the court to which the judicial authority that made the recording belongs. If the…

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Article R53-21-13 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The competent magistrate must inform the interested party of his decision by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, within three months of receiving the request. If there is no response within this period, or if the magistrate does not order the rectification or deletion, the interested party may refer the matter to the liberty and custody judge for the same purpose within ten days by registered letter with acknowledgement of…

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Article R53-21-15 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the liberty and custody judge fails to give a ruling within three months or if the request for rectification or deletion is not granted, the interested party may, within ten days, refer the matter to the president of the investigating chamber, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt or by declaration to the clerk’s office. On pain of inadmissibility, his challenge must be reasoned.

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Article R53-21-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The President of the Examining Magistrate’s Chamber, after requesting written submissions from the Public Prosecutor, makes a reasoned order within three months. This order is notified to the Public Prosecutor and, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to the interested party. It may only be appealed to the Supreme Court if it does not satisfy, in form, the essential conditions for its legal existence.

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Article R53-21-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requests provided for in Article R. 53-21-11, the public prosecutor shall inform the register management department, which shall immediately rectify or delete the data, depending on the case. It is the responsibility of the public prosecutor to inform the register management department, which shall immediately rectify or delete the data, depending on the case.

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Article R53-21-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The register shall keep for a period of three years, within the limits of the periods defined in Article R. 53-21-20, information relating to recordings, deletions and interrogations of which it is the subject, specifying the surname, first name, department and position of the person or authority who carried out the operation. This information may only be consulted by the magistrate in charge of the department managing the file or,…

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