Section 4: The departments and units referred to in article 15-1

The services or units of the national gendarmerie within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the whole of the national territory are as follows: 1° The sub-directorate of the judicial police of the general directorate of the national gendarmerie; 2° The general inspectorate of the national gendarmerie; 3° The central criminal intelligence service of the national gendarmerie; 4°…

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the area of responsibility of one or more defence and security zones, or parts thereof, are as follows: 1° Les sections de recherches de la gendarmerie départementale; 2° Les sections d’appui judiciaire autres que celles mentionnées à l’article R. 15-22; 3° Gendarmerie motorway platoons and…

The categories of national gendarmerie units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties and whose jurisdiction extends to the jurisdiction of a department, an overseas collectivity or New Caledonia are as follows: 1° Les brigades de recherches, les brigades territoriales de la gendarmerie départementale organisées ou non en communauté de brigades; 2° Les brigades départementales de renseignements et d’investigations judiciaires de la gendarmerie…

In order to adapt the organisation of the national gendarmerie to changes in security issues, departments, units or categories of units within which officers and agents of the judicial police carry out their usual duties may be created on an experimental basis in accordance with the procedures set out in Article R. 15-26. The decree or order issued for this purpose sets the duration of the experiment, which may not…

The creation or abolition of the units referred to in the preceding articles is decided by decree when their territorial jurisdiction exceeds the limits of a department. It is decided by order of the Minister of the Interior when their territorial jurisdiction does not exceed these limits. Their territorial jurisdiction is modified according to the same forms. However, the creation of maritime gendarmerie, air gendarmerie and armament gendarmerie units is…