Copies of non-final decisions, decisions handed down by investigating courts or courts for the enforcement of sentences and decisions handed down by juvenile courts or after hearings held in camera, as well as copies of other acts or documents in criminal proceedings, may only be issued to third parties with the prior authorisation of the public prosecutor or the public prosecutor and provided that the applicant can justify a legitimate reason.
The authorisation may only be granted subject to the concealment of the elements or reasons of the decision that do not need to be disclosed.
Authorisation shall be refused by reasoned decision if the request is not justified by a legitimate reason, if the issue of the copy is likely to undermine the effectiveness of the investigation or the presumption of innocence, or for one of the reasons mentioned in Article R. 168.