The Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a civil administration in charge of the surveillance and protection of the maritime border of France. It ensures a wide variety of offshore and semi-offshore missions, including tax and environmental missions, but also the fight against fraud and offering public service at sea. It also exercises customs and tax control at the maritime borders of the European Union.[1]
Coastguard Service of the French Customs Service garde-côtes de la douane française
The Coastguard Service of the French Customs implements, throughout the national territory, excluding the area of competence of the regional directorate of customs and indirect rights of Mayotte, the maritime and land surveillance missions of the customs administration requiring the use of maritime and air means. It contributes to the action of the State at sea and to the coastguard function and participates, within this framework, in national and international missions.[2]
Organizationedit
The Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a service with national competence which brings together, since July 1, 2019, under a unified command, the various services in charge of the strategic and operational management of the aero-maritime means of the French Customs. Established on all of France's coastlines and French West Indies and in French Guiana, it is led by a headquarters at Le Havre, governing and coordinating the three Coast Guard Services based in Nantes, Marseille and Fort-de-France.[1]
Vessels and aircraftedit
The French customs coastguard patrol boat Jacques Oudart Fourmentin based in the port of Boulogne-sur-Mer.
In order to carry out its missions, the Coastguard Service of the French Customs has intervention and interception resources, including 18 speedboats and patrol boats sailing within 200 nautical miles and 13 coastal speedboats that operate within a radius of 20 nautical miles. These naval resources are informed by an aircraft component with an autonomy of more than 04h30 of flight and high-performance sensors, capable of working in depth and readjusting, in real time, the naval system in the light of the threats identified. The helicopter component participates in the support of coastal and semi-offshore resources by allowing repositioning of resources, ensuring close monitoring of targets and contributing to their interception. Coastguard planes and helicopters remain, moreover, fully mobilized by land Customs in order to respond to national territory protection and surveillance missions.[1]
Personneledit
Senior coastguard officer of the French Customs.
With nearly 900 highly specialized agents in areas ranging from the maintenance of resources to their operational use, including the analysis of maritime information, Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a key player in the fight against large trafficking and is fully in line with the State Action at Sea (AEM) system led by the Maritime Prefects of Brest, Cherbourg and Toulon as well as the Government Delegates for State Action at Sea in the French West Indies.[1]
Customs agents category A (inspecteur des douanes ) are recruited from holders of a bachelor's degree; category B from holders of a high school diploma giving access to university studies; category C from holders of a vocational high school diploma.[3]
The different positions of customs agents at sea are:[3][4]
^ abcd"La Direction Nationale Garde-Côtes des Douanes." douane.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^"Direction nationale garde-côtes des douanes." Service-publique.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^ ab"Marin des douanes." douanes.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
^"Contrôleur en maintenance navale." douanes.gouv.fr. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
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The Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a civil administration in charge of the surveillance and protection of the maritime border of France It ensures a wide variety of offshore and semi offshore missions including tax and environmental missions but also the fight against fraud and offering public service at sea It also exercises customs and tax control at the maritime borders of the European Union 1 Coastguard Service of the French CustomsService garde cotes de la douane francaiseEnsignAgency overviewFormed1681Employees900Jurisdictional structureOperations jurisdictionFranceLegal jurisdictionAs per operations jurisdictionSpecialist jurisdictionsCoastal patrol marine border protection marine search and rescue Customs excise and gambling Operational structureHeadquartersLe HavreElected officer responsibleGabriel Attal Junior Minister for the Budget Ministry of Economics and FinanceAgency executivesState Administrator General Ronan BOILLOT Director of the National Directorate of the Coastguard of the French customsAdministrator of Customs and Indirect Taxes Frederique LOUIS Assistant DirectorParent agencyDirectorate General of Customs and Indirect TaxesServicesFrench West Indies and French GuianaEnglish Channel and North AtlanticMediterranean SeaFacilitiesPatrol boats31Helicopters7Aeroplanes7 Contents 1 Mission 2 Organization 3 Vessels and aircraft 4 Personnel 5 See also 6 ReferencesMission editThe Coastguard Service of the French Customs implements throughout the national territory excluding the area of competence of the regional directorate of customs and indirect rights of Mayotte the maritime and land surveillance missions of the customs administration requiring the use of maritime and air means It contributes to the action of the State at sea and to the coastguard function and participates within this framework in national and international missions 2 Organization editThe Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a service with national competence which brings together since July 1 2019 under a unified command the various services in charge of the strategic and operational management of the aero maritime means of the French Customs Established on all of France s coastlines and French West Indies and in French Guiana it is led by a headquarters at Le Havre governing and coordinating the three Coast Guard Services based in Nantes Marseille and Fort de France 1 Vessels and aircraft edit nbsp The French customs coastguard patrol boat Jacques Oudart Fourmentin based in the port of Boulogne sur Mer In order to carry out its missions the Coastguard Service of the French Customs has intervention and interception resources including 18 speedboats and patrol boats sailing within 200 nautical miles and 13 coastal speedboats that operate within a radius of 20 nautical miles These naval resources are informed by an aircraft component with an autonomy of more than 04h30 of flight and high performance sensors capable of working in depth and readjusting in real time the naval system in the light of the threats identified The helicopter component participates in the support of coastal and semi offshore resources by allowing repositioning of resources ensuring close monitoring of targets and contributing to their interception Coastguard planes and helicopters remain moreover fully mobilized by land Customs in order to respond to national territory protection and surveillance missions 1 Personnel edit nbsp Senior coastguard officer of the French Customs With nearly 900 highly specialized agents in areas ranging from the maintenance of resources to their operational use including the analysis of maritime information Coastguard Service of the French Customs is a key player in the fight against large trafficking and is fully in line with the State Action at Sea AEM system led by the Maritime Prefects of Brest Cherbourg and Toulon as well as the Government Delegates for State Action at Sea in the French West Indies 1 Customs agents category A inspecteur des douanes are recruited from holders of a bachelor s degree category B from holders of a high school diploma giving access to university studies category C from holders of a vocational high school diploma 3 The different positions of customs agents at sea are 3 4 Diver B C Seaman B C Engineer B Second in command B Watch keeping officer B Commanding officer A B See also editDirectorate general for Maritime affairs Fisheries and Aquaculture Maritime Gendarmerie Societe Nationale de Sauvetage en MerReferences edit a b c d La Direction Nationale Garde Cotes des Douanes douane gouv fr Retrieved March 24 2023 Direction nationale garde cotes des douanes Service publique fr Retrieved March 24 2023 a b Marin des douanes douanes gouv fr Retrieved March 24 2023 Controleur en maintenance navale douanes gouv fr Retrieved March 24 2023 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Coastguard Service of the French Customs amp oldid 1174823294, wikipedia, wiki, 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