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Article A36-8 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The secretary of the commission: 1° Ensures that the papers have been double marked by a team comprising a magistrate and a customs official. The result of these double markings is submitted to the commission, which deliberates specially on it at the meeting provided for in Article A. 36-9 and sets the final mark; 2° Makes a statement of the marks awarded for each test by the markers; 3° Lists…

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Article A36-9 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

Within a maximum period of four months after the date of the examination, the chairman shall convene a meeting of the committee for the purpose of drawing up the list of officers for whom the committee shall issue a favourable opinion on the granting of the status of customs officer responsible for the performance of certain judicial police duties. Only candidates who score at least 30 points in all three…

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Article A36-10-1 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

For the application of Article R. 15-33-29-7 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, the list of candidates admitted to take the technical examination to qualify for the duties of tax service agent responsible for carrying out certain judicial police duties is drawn up: 1° Jointly by the Director General of Public Finance and the Director General of the National Police Force when the agents are to be assigned to the…

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Article A36-10-2 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The technical examination to qualify for the performance of certain judicial police duties comprises the following three tests: 1° Written test no. 1: composition based on general knowledge of criminal law or criminal procedure (duration: three hours); 2° Written test No. 2: handling of a practical criminal procedure case (duration: four hours); 3° Oral test No. 3: presentation on a criminal procedure subject followed by an interview with the jury…

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Article A36-10-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The syllabus for the technical examination is as follows: Criminal procedure Public prosecution and civil action: general concepts. Authorities invested by law with judicial police missions: – the judicial police; – the public prosecutor; – the investigating magistrate. Investigations, identity checks: – legal frameworks; – identity checks, verifications and records. Investigation: – first and second instance; – judicial supervision and pre-trial detention; – letters rogatory. Specific procedures: – international mutual…

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Article A36-10-4 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The rules for preparing candidates for the technical examination are laid down, depending on the ministry to which the candidates are to be assigned, by joint instruction from the Directorate General of the National Police and the Directorate General of Public Finance or by instruction from the latter alone.

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Article A36-10-5 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The date of the technical examination and the subjects of the tests are chosen, by mutual agreement, depending on the ministry to which the candidates are to be assigned, by the director of criminal affairs and pardons, by the director of the general directorate of the national police force and by the director general of public finance on the proposal of the director of training of the national police force…

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Article A36-10-6 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure

The material organisation of the technical examination relating to the exercise of certain judicial police missions by tax service agents, and in particular the supply of copies and composition forms as well as the anonymity of the copies, is ensured, depending on the ministry to which candidates are to be assigned, by the director of training of the national police or jointly by the head of the human resources department…

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