Article 15-3 of the French Code of Criminal Procedure
Officers and agents of the judicial police are obliged to receive complaints lodged by victims of criminal offences, including when these complaints are lodged with a judicial police service or unit that is territorially incompetent. In this case, the complaint is, where appropriate, forwarded to the territorially competent service or unit. All complaints filed are recorded in a report and a receipt is immediately issued to the victim, which mentions…