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Article R15-33-21 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When acting in the context of a preliminary investigation, authorised customs officers may relate in a single report the various operations carried out in the course of the same investigation. If several of these officers are involved in a preliminary investigation, the name of the officer who personally carried out each of the operations must be specified.

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Article R15-33-22 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

When executing a letter rogatory or acting under the flagrante delicto procedure, authorised customs officers shall draw up separate procès-verbaux for each of the acts they are called upon to perform. Each procès-verbal shall state the name and capacity of the authorised customs officer who personally acted, to the exclusion of all others.

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Article R15-33-23 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The customs officer appointed to carry out a judicial police mission shall immediately report to the public prosecutor or the requesting investigating judge if the latter has ordered such diligence. He shall inform him without delay of any difficulties that may arise and seek his instructions. He shall keep him regularly informed of his activities. .

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Article R15-33-24 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The commission issued pursuant to Article 29-1 by the owner or holder of usage rights, hereinafter referred to as the principal, specifies the territory or territories that the private security guard is responsible for guarding, as well as the nature of the offences that he is responsible for recording pursuant to the provisions that authorise him to do so. When the principal withdraws the commission of a private security guard…

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Article R15-33-25 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The principal sends the application for approval to the prefect of the department where the property designated in the commission is located. This application includes: 1° The identity and address of the principal; 2° The identity and address of the private security guard; 3° Proof of the private security guard’s identity; 4° The commission issued to the private security guard pursuant to Article R. 15-33-24; 5° The order provided for…

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Article R15-33-26 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

A joint order of the Minister for the Interior and the Ministers for the Environment and Forestry defines the elements that must be included in the application for recognition of technical aptitude for the duties of private security guard, the content and duration of the training required for recognition of this technical aptitude, and the categories of persons for whom training is not required. The technical aptitude of the person…

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Article R15-33-27-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The private security guard is approved by order of the prefect for a renewable period of five years. The approval order specifies the nature of the offences that the private security guard is responsible for recording, within the limits of the rights available to the principal and in application of the legislative provisions that authorise him to do so. The commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-24 is appended to the…

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Article R15-33-28 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The prefect shall decide on the application for renewal of authorisation in accordance with the procedure set out in articles R. 15-33-25 to R. 15-33-27-1. This request must be accompanied by the order referred to in article R. 15-33-26. If the application for renewal is rejected, the principal and the private security guard must, prior to the decision, have been given the opportunity to present their written observations or, at…

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