1When it is possible, the activities carried out during the hearing and any other activity conducted outside of it, shall be recorded by audio or audio-visual tools. Recording shall start and end simultaneously with the judicial hearing.

2Recording of the hearing shall be carried out from the judicial secretary, under the instruction and supervision of the panel presiding judge.

3If it is not possible to keep the minutes by means of audio or audio-visual recording, they shall be kept, in accurate summary form, by means of typewriting or handwriting, under the supervision of the presiding judge of the panel.

4The minutes shall contain

athe venue, year, month, day and time when it was started and terminated;

bthe composition of the court;

cthe name of the prosecutor;

çthe personal data of the defendant or other personal data which are useful to identify him, the personal data of the defense lawyers, of the accusing victim, private parties and of their representatives.

dpersonal data of the persons who take part in the trial;

dhif appropriate, the reasons for the absence of parties, of their representatives and persons summoned to participate in the court hearing.

5The minutes shall describe any activity carried out during the hearing and shall reproduce in summary form:

arequests and claims of the parties;

bthe exact indication of the name of each submission, memoranda or final discussion submitted in writing by the parties, indicating also the number of pages;

cquestions and statements of the persons who take part in the trial, including witnesses and experts;

çevidence obtained;

ddecisions and orders issued by the court during the trial;

6If the minutes are kept in a summary form by typewriting or handwriting and one of the parties requires to include in it, parts of its statements or statements of the other party, the court shall consider this request.

7The written memoranda submitted by parties in support of their claims and conclusions, shall be attached to the minutes.

8If the minutes are kept in a summary form typewriting or writing, they shall be signed at the end of each page by the secretary and the end of the document by the presiding judge of the jury. The minutes are a component of the judicial file and they are preserved for as long as the judicial file is preserved.

9If kept by audio or audio-visual recording, the recording is preserved in the relevant electronic program for as long as the court file is preserved.

10The parties shall be entitled at any time to obtain copies of the recordings and minutes kept by printing or handwriting by paying the respective fees.”