#2017-668Decree No. 2017-668 Establishing the National Service for Administrative Security Investigations
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This decree establishes a new national service within France's Ministry of the Interior, responsible for conducting administrative security investigations. Its primary role is to evaluate whether individuals or entities can safely access sensitive sites and execute sensitive missions, contributing to terrorism prevention and public order. It reviews personal data relevant to national security and processes administrative appeals related to its findings.
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Key Changes
- Creation of a national service for security investigations
- Direct access to personal data for security assessments
- Handling of administrative appeals related to security access
Obligations
What this law requires
The Ministry of the Interior must request administrative security investigations through the National Service for Administrative Security Investigations to verify whether individuals or entities can safely access sensitive sites or exercise sensitive missions
The National Service must consult personal data treatments related to terrorism prevention and threats to public security and order, either directly or indirectly
The National Service must evaluate, exploit and analyze collected information to issue an opinion on the compatibility between a person's behavior and their exercise of sensitive missions or access to sensitive sites regarding public security risks
The National Service must develop and establish doctrine regarding administrative investigations to homogenize practices across its assigned domains
The National Service must process and handle administrative appeals filed against its opinions