The authority responsible for ordering a foreigner to be placed in a waiting area, as provided for in article L. 341-2, is, depending on the case:
1° The head of the national police department responsible for border control or, by delegation, an official designated by him/her, holding at least the rank of brigadier;
2° The head of the customs department responsible for border control or, by delegation, an official designated by him/her, holding at least the rank of second-class senior inspection officer.
In airfields assigned exclusively or primarily to the Ministry of Defence, this decision may also be taken by the unit commander of the maritime gendarmerie or the air gendarmerie or, by delegation, by a military officer designated by him, holding at least the rank of gendarme.
The departmental prefect or, in Paris, the police prefect, is informed of the placement in the waiting area.