52The requirement that the accused person, or his or her lawyer, must be able to participate properly in the hearing of argument with due regard for the adversarial principle and equality of arms, enabling the accused person’s position to be stated effectively, does not preclude the possibility that information in relation to the charges sent to the defence may be the subject of later amendments, in particular as regards the legal classification of the alleged acts, or the possibility that new evidence may be added to the file in the course of argument. Such amendments and such evidence must however be disclosed to the accused person or his or her lawyer at a point in time when they still have the opportunity to respond effectively, before the stage of deliberation. That possibility is moreover envisaged in Article 6(4) of Directive 2012/13, which provides that suspects or accused persons must be informed promptly of any changes in the information given in accordance with that article in the course of criminal proceedings where this is necessary to safeguard the fairness of the proceedings (see, to that effect, judgment of 5 June 2018, Kolev and Others, C‑612/15, EU:C:2018:392, paragraph 95).
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