Section 6: Customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

The commission provided for in Article 28-1, the assent of which is required for the designation of customs officers in categories A and B authorised to carry out judicial investigations at the request of the public prosecutor or on the basis of a rogatory commission from the examining magistrate, is composed as follows: 1° The Public Prosecutor at the Court of Cassation or his delegate chosen by him from among…

The members of the commission and, where appropriate, their alternates are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for customs.

In order to be designated to carry out certain judicial police missions, customs officers must provide proof of at least two years’ actual service as a titular officer in a category A or B corps of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Rights and have passed the tests of a technical examination. The procedures for organising this examination and the programme of tests shall be laid down by joint…

The board of examiners for the technical examination shall be constituted by the commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-1. When an alternate member of the jury replaces a full member, he or she sits for the entire duration of the examination. The jury draws up a list of candidates who have passed the technical examination.

Customs officers responsible for carrying out judicial investigations pursuant to Article 28-1 are appointed from among those who have passed the technical examination, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Customs, on a proposal from the Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights and after receiving the assent of the commission referred to in Article R. 15-33-1.

A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible for Customs sets the list of agents who, due to their responsibilities and skills, are exempt from the technical examination mentioned in Article R. 15-33-3.