Any procedural document in digital format may, if necessary, be printed out by the magistrates and registry agents assisting them, the national police services, the national gendarmerie units, the officials and agents exercising judicial police powers, the prison services or the judicial youth protection services in order to be handed over or transmitted in paper format.
Documents that have been digitally signed within the meaning of Article D. 589-2 retain their evidential value, after they have been printed, if a single attestation is attached stating that they are faithful to their version in digital format held by the service mentioned in the first paragraph or if each printout is the subject of a statement certifying its faithfulness by the aforementioned service.