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Article R16 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The examining magistrate hearing the proceedings or, by delegation, the magistrate in whose jurisdiction the person under investigation resides, shall designate either a natural or legal person authorised for this purpose, or a police or gendarmerie service or any competent judicial or administrative service, or, exceptionally, a personality investigator, to assist in the application of the judicial supervision. Judicial controllers are authorised under the conditions and according to the rules…

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Article R16-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The authorities or persons responsible for contributing to the application of judicial supervision shall ensure that the person under investigation complies with the obligations imposed on him; to this end, they may summon him and visit him; they shall carry out any steps and research useful to the performance of their duties. They report to the examining magistrate, under the conditions that he or she determines, on the behaviour of…

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Article R16-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The remuneration and reimbursement of travel expenses of personality investigators and natural persons or representatives of legal persons designated pursuant to Article 138, paragraph 2 (6°), shall be paid as criminal court costs. The provisions of the present article do not apply to serving members of State personnel belonging either to a service under the authority of the Ministry of Justice or to a police or gendarmerie service, or to…

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