French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceThe secure electronic device for drawing up the official statement of offence using an electronic signature or a handwritten signature collected in digital form, provided for in II of Article R. 49-1 or by Article D. 589-2, must meet the following technical characteristics:
-the device can only be used with an electronic identification card personal to each recording officer, and after the latter has been authenticated by a personal code;
-the information stored in the device's memory is encrypted as soon as the officer validates its recording, and it cannot be modified after this validation ;
the official statement of offence is signed either electronically, which can be done using an electronic signature pad, or by hand by the officer using a stylus on the device's touchscreen, which is then stored in digital form ;
The offender may be offered the option of signing the official report by means of a handwritten signature affixed with a stylus to the device's touchscreen and then stored in digital form, on a screen page that presents him with an unmodifiable summary of the information concerning the fine recorded against him, information of which he thus acknowledges having been aware.
The absence of the offender's signature on this official report does not, however, constitute grounds for invalidating the procedure.
When this article is applied, in accordance with the provisions of the third paragraph of I of article R. 49-1, no document is given to the offender.
