Subject toArticle L. 286 BA of the Book of Tax Procedures, when implementing the powers of investigation, recording and prosecution provided for in this Code or when required on the basis of the Code of Criminal Procedure, customs officers may be authorised not to be identified by their first and last names but to use their employment commission number, their capacity and their department or unit of assignment. This possibility applies in accordance with the conditions and procedures set out inarticle 15-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
This article is also applicable in the context of the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/1672 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 on controls of cash entering or leaving the Union and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1889/2005, Chapter II of Title V of Book I of the Monetary and Financial Code and Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2013 establishing the Union Customs Code and its implementing regulations, including in the case of proceedings relating to an offence not punishable by imprisonment, subject to an authorisation issued under the conditions provided for in 2° of I of Article 15-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.
A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall specify the procedures for applying this article.