Section 2: Summary inspection of vehicles in border areas

With a view to verifying compliance with the obligations to hold, carry and present the documents provided for in article L. 812-1 or to investigate and record offences relating to the entry and residence of foreign nationals in France, officers of the judicial police of the national police force or the national gendarmerie may carry out summary inspections of vehicles on the public highway, excluding private cars:1° In an area…

The summary inspection of the vehicle provided for in article L. 812-3 may only be carried out with the agreement of the driver or, failing this, on the instructions of the public prosecutor. Pending instructions from the public prosecutor, the vehicle may be immobilised for a period not exceeding four hours.The inspection, the duration of which is limited to the time strictly necessary, takes place in the presence of the…