¹ Parties and third parties have a duty to cooperate in the taking of evidence. In particular, they have the duty:

a.

to make a truthful deposition as a party or a witness;

b.⁵⁶

to produce the physical records, with the exception of documents forming correspondence between a party or a third party and a lawyer who is entitled to act as a professional representative, or with a patent attorney as defined in Article 2 of the Patent Attorney Act of 20 March 2009⁵⁷;

c.

to allow an examination of their person or property by an expert.

² The court has free discretion to decide on the duty of minors to cooperate.⁵⁸ It shall take account of the child's welfare.

³ Third parties that are under a duty to cooperate are entitled to reasonable compensation.