The line managers likely to issue the authorisations mentioned in I of article 15-4 are:
1° For the national police, the directors of the territorial services of the national police, the directors of the public establishments of the national police, the heads of the central services or offices under the authority of the national police, the head of the service of the detachment of the national police to the national directorate of intelligence and customs investigations, the head of the investigation coordination unit of the Inspectorate General of the National Police, the directors or deputy directors of the active departments of the National Police or, where applicable, the Prefect of the Police, the Director General of Internal Security or the Director General of the National Police;
2° For the national gendarmerie, the group commanders, the search section commanders, the judicial support section commanders, the gendarmerie commanders in the overseas departments and collectivities and in New Caledonia, the regional commanders, the specialised gendarmerie commanders, the provost gendarmerie commander, the Deputy Director of Judicial Police in the Operations and Employment Directorate of the Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie, the commanders of the central offices reporting to the Directorate General of the National Gendarmerie, the commanders of the bodies directly subordinate to the Director General of the National Gendarmerie, or, where applicable, the Director General of the National Gendarmerie.
3° The deputies of the managers mentioned in 1° and 2°.