Organisation
The customs headquarters is in Montreuil (Paris). The agency consists of three types of unit:
- Administration centrale
- Sub-directorates A to F
- Département des statistiques et des études économiques
- Inspection des services (IS) for internal auditing
- Bureau de l'information et de la communication (BIC) for communications
- Cellule de contrôle de gestion
- National Competence Services
- Direction nationale du recrutement et de la formation professionnelle (DNRFP) based in Tourcoing
- Direction nationale du renseignement et des enquêtes douanières (DNRED) against fraud
- Direction nationale des statistiques et du commerce extérieur (DNSCE), a statistical service based in Toulouse
- Centre informatique douanier (CID), an information technology service based in Osny
- Service nationale de la douane judiciaire (SNDJ), a judicial investigative service based in Vincennes.
- Service commun des laboratoires (SCL), providing scientific support in laboratories
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