Title II: Organisation and operation of the customs service

The customs administration’s operational reserve is intended for temporary reinforcement of the customs administration’s services. It is made up of : 1° Retired members of the customs administration ; 2° Volunteers under the conditions defined in articles 52 ter to 52 quinquies. The volunteers mentioned in 2° of this article are admitted to the operational reserve after an initial training period as reserve customs officers. Volunteers in the operational reserve…

I. – Candidates who meet the following conditions may be admitted to the Customs Administration’s operational reserve, under 2° of article 52 bis: 1° Be of French nationality ; 2° Be aged between eighteen and sixty-seven; 3° Must not have been convicted of a criminal offence or a misdemeanour listed in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or have been disqualified from holding public office; 4° Have the special…

Customs officers in reserve may carry out temporary back-up duties at the request of the officials under whose authority they are placed, or specialist duties corresponding to their professional qualifications. When taking part in these missions, reserve customs officers may be authorised to exercise the powers devolved to customs officers. A decree in the Council of State specifies the authority competent to issue these authorisations and the conditions under which…

Reservist customs officers sign a contract of employment for a period of between one and five years, which sets out their obligations in terms of availability and initial and ongoing training, and which confers on them the status of occasional collaborators in the public service. The contract specifies the duration of the assignment, which may not exceed ninety days per year. The administration may order the removal from the operational…

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.