French Intellectual Property Code

The authorisation referred to in Article L. 331-14 is issued individually by the chairman of the Autorité de Régulation de la Communication Audiovisuelle et Numérique to public employees of the authority’s departments for a renewable period of five years. To issue the authorisation, the chairman of the authority checks that the agent has the required skills and guarantees with regard to the missions mentioned in articles L. 331-19 to L….

No agent may be authorised: -if he has been convicted of a criminal or penal offence entered in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document in the case of a national of the European Union or of another State party to the agreement on the European Economic Area; -if the administrative investigation provided for in the second paragraph of article L. 331-16 that his behaviour…

The authorisation is terminated when its holder no longer performs the duties for which he was authorised. The authorisation is also terminated when the conditions defined in articles R. 331-2 and R. 331-3 cease to be met. The person concerned is informed in advance of the reasons for and nature of the proposed measure and given the opportunity to submit observations. In urgent cases, the Chairman of the Autorité de…

Agents authorised under the conditions defined in articles R. 331-2 and R. 331-3 take an oath before the judge of the judicial court of their residence, at the seat of this court or, where applicable, of one of its local chambers. The wording of the oath is as follows: “I swear to perform my duties well and faithfully and not to reveal or use anything that comes to my knowledge…