The board of examiners for the technical examination shall be constituted by the commission mentioned in Article R. 15-33-1. When an alternate member of the jury replaces a full member, he or she sits for the entire duration of the examination. The jury draws up a list of candidates who have passed the technical examination.
Customs officers responsible for carrying out judicial investigations pursuant to Article 28-1 are appointed from among those who have passed the technical examination, by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of Customs, on a proposal from the Director General of Customs and Indirect Rights and after receiving the assent of the commission referred to in Article R. 15-33-1.
A joint order of the Keeper of the Seals, Minister of Justice, and the Minister responsible for Customs sets the list of agents who, due to their responsibilities and skills, are exempt from the technical examination mentioned in Article R. 15-33-3.
Customs officers may only be authorised to carry out judicial police missions when they are assigned to the financial judicial investigation department of the Ministry of the Budget. For each of these officers, a request for authorisation is sent to the public prosecutor at the Paris court of appeal by the magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities.
The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal grants or refuses authorisation by decree. Where he is considering refusing authorisation, he shall inform the interested party, specifying that he may, within a period of fifteen days, examine his file and be heard, where appropriate, with the assistance of counsel of his choice.
The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal shall order the withdrawal or suspension, for a period not exceeding two years, of the authorisation to carry out judicial police missions, by order issued either ex officio or on the proposal of the magistrate delegated to judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities. The judge will first hear the customs officer, who may examine the file relating to the…
The magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax administration, mentioned in Article 28-1, is placed in a position of secondment to the Minister responsible for the budget.
The magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities shall ensure compliance with the principles set out in articles R. 15-33-18 and R. 15-33-19. It provides customs officers responsible for judicial police missions with information on the meaning of their missions and the practical conditions under which they are carried out. It makes proposals to the judicial authority on the types of judicial police missions that…
The magistrate delegated to the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities or, if he is unable to do so, the deputy he delegates for this purpose shall receive requisitions for investigations from the public prosecutor and letters rogatory from the examining magistrate in the matters mentioned in l’article 28-1.
The magistrate responsible for the judicial missions of the customs and tax authorities ensures that judicial police operations are carried out and that reports are forwarded to the judicial authorities. .
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