Before issuing the opinion provided for in Article L. 1142-8, the Regional Commission shall commission an expert opinion under the conditions provided for in Article L. 1142-12.
The Regional Commission may obtain any document, including medical documents. It may ask the president of the court or his delegate to authorise one or more of the experts mentioned in article L. 1142-12 to carry out an autopsy in order to investigate the cause of death.
Each party concerned receives a copy of the requests for documents made by the Regional Commission and of all the documents sent to it.
The expert report is attached to the opinion sent under the conditions provided for in article L. 1142-8.