96In any event, in each of the situations described in paragraphs 92 and 93, paragraph 94 and in paragraph 95 of the present judgment and whenever the point in time when detailed information of the charges is provided and access to the case materials is granted, the person and his lawyer must have, inter alia, with due regard for the adversarial principle and the principle of equality of arms, sufficient time to become acquainted with that information and those case materials, and must be placed in a position to prepare the defence effectively, submit any observations and, when necessary, to make any application, such as an application for further investigation, that they are entitled to make under national law. As the Advocate General stated in point 101 of his Opinion, that requirement dictates that the case should, where necessary, be stayed and the case postponed to a subsequent date.
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