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Article R4314-6 of the French Labour Code

The use of an assumed identity is permitted when the market surveillance authority or the regulated agent has information enabling it to consider that its identification would be likely to hinder the conduct or effectiveness of the inspection.

During on-site inspections, authorised agents must carry their professional card as proof of their status. Where the establishment of proof of a breach depends on this and cannot be established in any other way, authorised agents may only declare their status when informing the person being inspected of the finding of a breach.

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Article R4314-6

Le recours à une identité d’emprunt est permis lorsque l’autorité de surveillance du marché ou l’agent habilité dispose d’éléments lui permettant de considérer que son identification serait de nature à nuire au déroulement ou à l’efficacité du contrôle.


Lors des inspections sur place, les agents habilités sont munis de leur carte professionnelle afin de justifier de leur qualité. Lorsque l’établissement de la preuve du manquement en dépend et qu’elle ne peut être établie autrement, les agents habilités peuvent ne décliner leur qualité qu’au moment où ils informent la personne contrôlée de la constatation d’un manquement.

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