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Article 706-95-16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The authorisation mentioned in 1° of article 706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of one month, renewable once under the same conditions of form and duration. The authorisation mentioned in 2° of the same article 706-95-12 is issued for a maximum period of four months, renewable under the same conditions of form and duration, without the total duration of the operations exceeding two years.

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Article 706-95-17 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The special investigative techniques mentioned in this section are implemented by the judicial police officer assigned by the investigating judge or requested by the public prosecutor or, under his responsibility, by the judicial police officer. With a view to installing, using and removing the technical devices referred to in this section, the public prosecutor, investigating judge or judicial police officer may request any qualified agent of a service, unit or…

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Article 706-95-18 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The public prosecutor, the examining magistrate or the judicial police officer assigned by him or requested by the public prosecutor, or the judicial police officer acting under his responsibility, shall draw up a report on the installation of the technical devices and the operations carried out pursuant to this section. This report shall mention the date and time when the operation began and when it ended. The recordings shall be…

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Article 706-95-19 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The recordings and data collected during the operations carried out pursuant to this section shall be destroyed, at the request of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor, on expiry of the statute of limitations for public prosecution. A report shall be drawn up of the destruction operation.

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Article 706-95-20 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

I.-It may be resorted to the installation and use of an apparatus or technical device mentioned in 1° of Article 226-3 of the Penal Code in order to collect technical connection data enabling the identification of a terminal equipment or its user’s subscription number, as well as data relating to the location of a terminal equipment used. II.-This apparatus or device may be installed or used in order to intercept…

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Article 706-96 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of capturing, fixing, transmitting and recording words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private or public places or vehicles, or the image of one or more persons in a private place. .

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Article 706-96-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

During the investigation, in order to set up the technical device mentioned in article 706-96, the liberty and custody judge may authorise entry into a vehicle or private place, including outside the hours provided for in Article 59, without the knowledge or consent of the owner or possessor of the vehicle or the occupier of the premises or any person holding a right over them. These operations, which may have…

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Article 706-102-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A technical device may be set up for the purpose, without the consent of the persons concerned, of accessing, recording, retaining and transmitting computer data in any place, as stored in a computer system, as displayed on a screen for the user of an automated data processing system, as entered by the user by typing characters or as received and transmitted by peripheral devices. The public prosecutor or investigating judge…

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