Cap. 9 ст. 518Accessibility of acts and documents of courts of criminal justice.

The acts and documents of the courts of criminal justice shall not be open to inspection, nor shall copies thereof be given, without the special permission of the court, except by or to the

Attorney General, by or to the parties concerned or by or to any advocate or legal procurator authorized by such parties; but any act, which is pronounced in open court, shall be open to inspection by any person, and copies thereof may be given on payment of the usual fee:

Provided that a and any depositions and procès-verbal documents filed therewith shall be open to inspection, and copies thereof shall be given, only at the discretion of the Attorney General and on payment of such fees as may be prescribed by the Minister responsible for justice as provided in article 695:

Provided further that where the Attorney General grants his consent that a be open to inspection and that copies procès-verbal thereof may be given, a person who proves to the satisfaction of the Attorney General that he is personally a victim or the heir of the victim of the offence forming the merits of the shall not be procès-verbal, requested any payment to be given an electronic copy of the same procès-verbal:

Provided further that any designated competent national authority designated in terms of any Directive or Regulation of the European Union which has access to the acts and documents of the courts of criminal justice may, if the requirements established in the Directive or Regulation of the European Union are fulfilled, transmit copies of such acts and documents of the court of criminal justice to the requesting authority:

Provided further that the European Delegated Prosecutors appointed in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation

(EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office ("the EPPO") shall have access to the acts and documents of the courts of criminal justice and to any and to any procès-verbal depositions and documents filed therewith, when these relate to matters which fall within the competence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in accordance with the said Regulation.