Article R15-33-29-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Appeal within whose jurisdiction the headquarters of the department to which the judicial environmental officer is attached is located grants or refuses authorisation by decree. If the Attorney General intends to refuse authorisation, he will inform the person concerned, specifying that he may, within a period of fifteen days, examine his case file and be heard, where appropriate, with the assistance of counsel…