Section 1b: Protection of the identity of certain officials involved in criminal proceedings

The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are: 1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of the public establishments of the national police, the heads of the central services or offices under the authority of the national police, the head of the service of the detachment of the national police to the national…

The authorisations provided for in I of article 15-4 are issued by the line manager mentioned in article D. 8-3 to which the department or unit to which the officer is assigned or temporarily seconded is answerable.

The authorisations provided for in I of Article 15-4 are issued to customs officers authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to article 28-1 by the magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs or the deputies he delegates for this purpose.

The authorisations provided for in I of Article 15-4 shall be issued to tax officials authorised to carry out judicial investigations pursuant to Article 28-2 by the head of the judicial police department set up within the national directorate of the judicial police, specialising in the suppression of tax crime, or his deputies, or where applicable, by the national director of the judicial police or his deputies.