I. – The authorisation referred to in II of Article L. 327-10 is issued, on an individual basis, by the chairman of the control commission to the commission’s rapporteurs and agents for a renewable period of five years.
To issue the authorisation, the chairman of the commission checks that the person concerned has the required skills and guarantees with regard to the tasks entrusted to the inspection board. In particular, he shall take into account the person’s level of training or experience.
II. – No person may be authorised if they have been convicted of a criminal or correctional offence entered in bulletin no. 2 of the criminal record, or in an equivalent document in the case of a national of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.
III. – Agents authorised under the conditions defined in this article shall take an oath before one of the two colleges of the Control Commission. The formula of the oath shall be as follows:
“I swear to perform my duties well and faithfully and not to reveal or use anything that comes to my knowledge in the course of their performance”.
A record shall be made of the taking of this oath.