If the needs of the customs investigation relating to the investigation and detection of customs offences as provided for in the last paragraph ofArticle 414, the third paragraph ofArticle 414-2 andArticle 415 so require, customs officers specially trained and authorised by the Minister responsible for customs, under conditions laid down by decree, may use a technical device to capture, fix, transmit and record, without the consent of the persons concerned, words spoken by one or more persons in a private or confidential capacity, in private or public places or vehicles, or the image of one or more persons in a private place.
This procedure is implemented under the same conditions and according to the same procedures as those laid down for judicial investigations in paragraphs 1 and 3 of Section 6 of Chapter II of Title XXV of Book IV of the Code of Criminal Procedure.