French Code of Criminal Procedure
In forceAny procedural document, drawn up or converted into digital format pursuant to the first paragraph of Article 801-1, may be transmitted or consulted by persons authorised in accordance with the provisions of this code.
The national police force, national gendarmerie units, civil servants and agents exercising judicial police powers, prison and youth judicial protection services and, with express authorisation, any public or private person, may draw up, convert and transmit to the judicial authority procedural documents in digital format, without the need for a paper medium.
The authorisations referred to in the previous paragraph may be issued either, in the context of a protocol, by the Ministry of Justice or, failing that, by the heads of the court to which the documents are to be sent, or, in the context of proceedings, by the magistrate under whose direction the investigation is being conducted, the judicial police officer carrying out the investigation or, under the latter's supervision, the judicial police officer. In the case of private individuals, the aforementioned protocol may be concluded with the legal entity or professional body to which they belong or under whose supervision they are placed.
Any paper medium whose content has been converted into digital format may be returned to its owner or destroyed as long as the document in digital format is intended to be transmitted to the judicial authority.
