I. – The agents performing the same duties in French Polynesia and New Caledonia as those performed by the agents mentioned in Article L. 1421-1 have the prerogatives mentioned in Articles L. 1421-2 to L. 1421-3 for the performance of their duties, in the version resulting from Order No 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013 on the harmonisation of criminal and financial penalties relating to health products and the adaptation of the prerogatives of the authorities and agents responsible for establishing breaches.
For the application of Article L. 1421-2-1, the reference to the Code of Civil Procedure is replaced, in New Caledonia, by the reference to the Code of Civil Procedure of New Caledonia and, in French Polynesia, by the reference to the Code of Civil Procedure of French Polynesia.
Article L. 1427-1, in the version resulting from the aforementioned Order no. 2013-1183 of 19 December 2013, is applicable in French Polynesia and New Caledonia if it is an obstacle to the duties performed by the agents mentioned in the first paragraph of this I.
II. – For the exercise of these prerogatives, the agents mentioned in the first paragraph of I of this article working in New Caledonia are authorised and sworn to investigate and record criminal offences in the areas defined in 4° of Article 22 and mentioned inArticle 86 of Organic Law no. 99-209 of 19 March 1999 relating to New Caledonia.