Section 2: Joint investigation teams

With the prior agreement of the Minister of Justice and the consent of the other Member State(s) concerned, the competent judicial authority may set up a joint investigation team, either when it is necessary to carry out, in the context of French proceedings, complex investigations involving the mobilisation of significant resources and which concern other Member States, or when several Member States carry out investigations into offences requiring coordinated and…

Within the framework of the joint investigation team, French judicial police officers and agents seconded to a joint investigation team may carry out operations prescribed by the team leader, throughout the territory of the State in which they are operating, within the limits of the powers granted to them by this Code. Their tasks shall be defined by the authority of the Member State competent to lead the joint investigation…