Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

In the event of a minor being caught in the act of committing a customs offence, customs detention takes place under the conditions set out for detention and police custody in articles L. 311-1 to L. 311-5, L. 411-1 and L. 413-1 to L. 413-15 of the French juvenile criminal justice code.

I.-For the purposes of the customs investigation, customs officers may, during customs detention, in the constant and effective presence of the detainee, examine the contents of documents, whatever their medium, and all other objects in the detainee’s possession, before seizing those relating to the customs offence in flagrante delicto. The public prosecutor is informed by any means and may object. For digital media, the technical operations required to make computer…