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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3: Judicial police officers

Article R15-17

The status of judicial police officer is granted by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister of the Interior to peacekeepers who, pursuant to the article 20 (4° and 5°), have passed a t…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Designation of customs officers responsible for certain judicial police duties

Article R15-33-2

The members of the commission and, where appropriate, their alternates are appointed by joint order of the Minister of Justice and the Minister responsible for customs.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Certification and swearing-in

Article R15-33-29

Private guards may only take up their duties after taking an oath before the judicial court within whose jurisdiction the territory to be guarded or one of them is located, at the seat of that court o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Authorisation of tax officials responsible for certain judicial police missions

Article R15-33-29-12

The Public Prosecutor at the Paris Court of Appeal shall order the withdrawal or suspension, for a period not exceeding two years, of the authorisation to carry out judicial police missions, by order…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
A: Authorisation for gendarmerie judicial police officers

Article R15-2

The Public Prosecutor of the place where the judicial police officer usually carries out his duties shall order the withdrawal or, for a period not exceeding two years, the suspension of the authorisa…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
B: Authorisation of national police judicial police officers

Article R15-6-5

The Public Prosecutor of the place where the judicial police officer usually carries out his duties will order the withdrawal or, for a period not exceeding two years, the suspension of the authorisat…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-7

The chairman of the commission provided for in Article 16-2 and his alternate shall be appointed annually by the bureau of the Cour de cassation from among the members of the commission. The secretary…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 3: Operation of the committee provided for in article 16-2

Article R15-10

Within fifteen days of receiving the request, the chairman shall assign the report to one of the members of the commission.

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 3a: Investigation assistants

Article R15-17-5

I.-Investigation assistants shall, at the express request and under the supervision of the judicial police officer or the judicial police agent, where the latter is competent, carry out the acts and p…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 5: Procedures for the performance of judicial police duties by authorised customs officers

Article R15-33-23

The customs officer appointed to carry out a judicial police mission shall immediately report to the public prosecutor or the requesting investigating judge if the latter has ordered such diligence. H…

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