Section 7: Special customs investigation procedures

I.-Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of articles 60 to 60-10, 61, 62, 63, 63 bis, 63 ter and 64, in order to establish customs offences, if the penalty incurred is equal to or greater than two years’ imprisonment, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under conditions set by decree may carry out surveillance throughout national territory, after informing the public prosecutor and unless this…

In order to establish the offences referred to in articles 414, 414-2, 415 and 459 and, where these are committed by electronic means of communication, to gather evidence and track down the perpetrators, accomplices and those who participated as interested parties within the meaning of article 399, customs officers authorised by the minister responsible for customs under conditions laid down by decree may, after informing the public prosecutor and unless…

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 67a, and for the sole purpose of establishing the offences mentioned in Articles 414, 414-2 and 459, identifying the perpetrators and accomplices as well as those who have participated as interested parties within the meaning of Article 399 and carrying out the seizures provided for in this Code, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under the conditions laid down by…

If the needs of a customs investigation relating to the detection and investigation of a customs offence punishable by a prison sentence of three years or more so require, any technical means designed to locate a person, a vehicle or any other object in real time throughout national territory, without the person’s knowledge and without the consent of its owner or possessor, may be installed or prescribed by customs officers…

Where there are one or more plausible grounds for suspecting persons of having committed a customs offence punishable by two years’ imprisonment or more, or of having participated as accomplices or interested parties in fraud within the meaning of Article 399, in the context of a surveillance operation, and where the needs of the investigation so require, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under conditions set by…

As part of an operation to monitor the routing or transport of objects, goods or products derived from the commission of a customs offence or used to commit a customs offence, where the prison sentence incurred is equal to or greater than two years, and where the needs of the investigation so require, customs officers authorised by the Minister responsible for customs under conditions laid down by decree may, throughout…

If the needs of the customs investigation relating to the investigation and detection of customs offences as provided for in the last paragraph ofArticle 414, the third paragraph ofArticle 414-2 andArticle 415 so require, customs officers specially trained and authorised by the Minister responsible for customs, under conditions laid down by decree, may use a technical device to capture, fix, transmit and record, without the consent of the persons concerned,…