Without prejudice to the powers granted to officers or agents of the judicial police, to labour inspection officers and to mining police officers, the offences provided for in this chapter, those provided for in the regulations adopted in application of chapter III of this title, the offences against the rules of prevention mentioned inarticle L. 4451-1 of the Labour Code, as well as the offences concerning radiation protection provided for in 2° and 9° of I of article L. 512-1 of the Mining Code and in article 141 of the Mining Code as amended by decree no. 56-838 of 16 August 1956 on the Mining Code and the texts which have supplemented or amended it, are investigated and recorded by the agents mentioned in articles L. 1333-29 and L. 1333-30, authorised and sworn under the conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat.
They exercise this authority under the same conditions as those laid down in articles L. 172-2 and L. 172-3 and in Section 2 of Chapter II of Title VII of Book I of the Environment Code.
They have the same rights and prerogatives and have the same duties as those conferred by the said section on the civil servants and agents mentioned in article L. 172-4 of this code.
In addition, when they are doctors, the documents, software and data mentioned in article L. 172-11 of the Environment Code are extended to those containing individual medical data.