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Directive (EU) 2016/800 Article 9

Directive (EU) 2016/800 Article 9

Audiovisual recording of questioning

Article 9

1.   Member States shall ensure that questioning of children by police or other law enforcement authorities during the criminal proceedings is audio-visually recorded where this is proportionate in the circumstances of the case, taking into account, inter alia, whether a lawyer is present or not and whether the child is deprived of liberty or not, provided that the child's best interests are always a primary consideration. 2.   In the absence of audiovisual recording, questioning shall be recorded in another appropriate manner, such as by written minutes which are duly verified. 3.   This Article shall be without prejudice to the possibility to ask questions for the sole purpose of the identification of the child without audiovisual recording.

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