31Although Article 3(1) lays down the fundamental principle that suspects and accused persons have the right of access to a lawyer in such time and in such a manner so as to allow them to exercise their rights of defence practically and effectively, that principle is fleshed out in paragraph 2 of that article, as the Advocate General noted in point 40 of his Opinion, with respect to the moment from which the right must be granted.
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