The officials referred to in 2° of Article L. 123-30 are authorised, on a proposal from the mayor, by order of the prefect of the department in which the municipality concerned is located or, in Paris, by order of the prefect of police.
Only civil servants with at least two years’ professional experience in market management or at least three years’ professional experience in roles requiring the level of training and skills required for this judicial police role and whose good repute has been verified by the prefect under the conditions set out in article 776 of the code of criminal procedure.
The authorisation covers the territory of the municipality that submitted the request for its agents. It ceases in the event of a change in the beneficiary’s position.
Before taking up their duties, authorised civil servants take the following oath before the judicial court of the municipality in which they work: “I swear to perform my duties faithfully and to reveal or use nothing that comes to my knowledge in the course of their duties”.
The clerk of the judicial court will note this oath on the certificate of appointment.