Civil & Administrative

#2007-1665Decree No. 2007-1665 of November 26, 2007 on the Organization of the Decentralized Services of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law restructures the organizational layout of France's Customs and Indirect Tax Services, dividing them into interregional directions with territorial competence. It outlines the hierarchical structure and missions including budget management, strategic coordination, and law enforcement responsibilities. Key roles are designated to regional directors and prefects, affecting customs officials and regional administrative bodies.

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Key Changes

  • Reorganization of customs services into interregional directions.
  • Assignment of roles to regional directors and prefects.
  • Emphasis on strategic coordination and budget management.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Organize decentralized services of the Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes into interregional directions with multi-departmental competence, composed of regional directions, territorial services, and specialized services

Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
operational
high

Place the interregional director under the authority of the prefect of the department where the interregional direction's headquarters is located

Interregional directors, Departmental prefects
operational
high

Exercise at the interregional direction headquarters the following missions: strategic orientation implementation and coordination, operational budget management and performance monitoring, management control, secondary ordinator accounting, and resource management

Interregional direction headquarters
operational
high

Regional directors must implement customs and indirect tax missions under hierarchical authority of the interregional director, including assessment, control and collection of duties, taxes, and indirect contributions

Regional directors
operational
high

In overseas departments (except Réunion), establish interregional directions with territorial jurisdiction as defined in the decree's annex, with Guyana and Guadeloupe regional directions exercising Article 3 missions directly

Directorate General of Customs and Indirect Taxes
operational

Affected Parties

Customs officialsRegional administrative bodies

Tags

customs,administrative reform,public administration