French Customs Code

Reservists are compensated for periods of employment and further training.

I. – A salaried reserve customs officer who carries out a period of employment or training as part of the Customs Administration’s operational reserve during his working hours must, where the duration of his period of reserve exceeds ten working days per calendar year, obtain the agreement of his employer, subject to more favourable provisions resulting from the employment contract, collective labour agreements or agreements concluded between the Minister responsible…

During the period of activity in the customs administration’s operational reserve, the reservist customs officer is entitled, for himself and his dependants, to sickness, maternity, invalidity and death insurance benefits under the social security scheme to which he is subject outside his service in the customs administration’s operational reserve, under the conditions defined inarticle L. 161-8 of the social security code.

Reservist customs officers are subject to the obligations set out in Chapter I of Title II of Book I of the General Civil Service Code and benefit, where applicable, from the protection set out in Chapters I, III and IV of Title III of the same Book I during the periods of employment or training for which they have been called up.

A reservist customs officer who suffers damage during periods of employment or training in the reserve and, in the event of death, his dependants, shall be entitled, at the expense of the State, to full compensation for the damage suffered, except in the event of damage attributable to a personal act detachable from the service.

A decree of the Conseil d’Etat shall determine the conditions of application of this chapter.