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Article 706-95-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

If the requirements of information relating to a crime or one of the offences falling within the scope of Articles 706-73 and 706-73-1 so require, the investigating judge may authorise by reasoned order remote access, without the knowledge of the person concerned, to correspondence stored via electronic communications accessible by means of a computer identifier. The data to which access has been granted may be seized and recorded or copied onto any medium.

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Article 706-95-2

Si les nécessités de l’information relative à un crime ou à l’une des infractions entrant dans le champ d’application des articles 706-73 et 706-73-1 l’exigent, le juge d’instruction peut autoriser par ordonnance motivée l’accès, à distance et à l’insu de la personne visée, aux correspondances stockées par la voie des communications électroniques accessibles au moyen d’un identifiant informatique. Les données auxquelles il a été permis d’accéder peuvent être saisies et enregistrées ou copiées sur tout support.

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