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- Military missions
Even in peacetime, the Gendarmerie takes part in the protection of particularly important places that can be of vital
interest for the nation. It exercises the government control over the nuclear armament and provides the escorts of th
nuclear weapons convoys. Moreover, it contributes to the preparation of the mobilisation of sister units and to the
management of the reserves. Finally, the Gendarmerie accompanies the French armed forces stationed or committe
abroad military criminal police) and is included in peace missions (both military and civilian) all over the world, at the
request of the United Nations or the EU.
In time of crisis or war, the strength of the Gendarmerie can be more than doubled with reserve units. Its ability todecentralised action, its presence near vital structures, its means of communication make the Gendarmerie one of th
main factors in the operational defence of the territory.
Organizational structure
In 1950 (Decree of 6 January), the Gendarmerie was placed under the direct authority of the Ministry of Defence. Th
organization, personnel management and defence missions were answerable to the Ministry of Defence. In 2002
(Decree of 15 May), the Institution was also placed under the authority of the Ministry of Interior. Article 3 stipulated
that regarding homeland security missions, the Ministry of Interior is responsible for the use of Gendarmerie nationa
units. For this purpose this Ministry, in conjunction with the Ministry of Defence, defines the missions of the units othe
than the ones related to criminal investigations (which are under the ministry of justices responsibility). It sets up a
guideline regarding these missions and their implied organization.
The 1st January 2009, a new Bill attached the budget and the staff management of the Gendarmerie to the Ministry
Interior.
On July 1, 2005, the Gendarmerie nationale reorganized its chain of command, thus fitting with the States reform
process. It is now organized into 22 regions matching with the 22 administrative ones.
Each regional commander is responsible for the units located in his region and is directly subordinated to the
Gendarmerie nationale general directorate. The Gendarmerie mobile units are now subordinated to the regional
commander who deals with the Gendarmerie forces in the whole defence zone.
Territorial Gendarmerie
Favouring the contact with the population, the territorial Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie dpartementale) contributes to
the general public security.
The territorial Gendarmerie includes
- Territorial units:
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- Recruitment:
Applications files can be submitted all year long. Information concerning the careers can be obtained from the
recruitment and information centres or from all the basic command units.
- Training :
Each year, among 30,000 personnel from all ranks are trained in one of the ten national Gendarmerie training
schools (located in Melun, Montluon, Chaumont, Chatellerault, Libourne, Le Mans, Rochefort, Montargis, Tulle,
Chteaulin) or in one of the ten technical training centres (high studies, international training, foreign languages,
criminal investigations, motorcycles, mountain, canine units, scuba diving or maintenance of law and order trainingcentres). These centres were set up to perfect the training of the whole staff from the institution, whether they are
specialists or not. Four schools are to be closed September, 1st , 2009 (Libourne, Montargis, Le Mans, Chtellereau
International relations
In an international context where, far from our borders, the threats influence
directly domestic security, the international co-operation must be increasingly
efficient. In this respect, the Gendarmerie plays an essential role on the
international scene.
At the European level, the EU constitutes the major framework of the international
action of the Gendarmerie within the 3rd pillar Police and judicial Cooperation in
Criminal matters (PJCC) and 2nd Politics pillar common foreign and security
policy (CFSP). In this spirit, the Gendarmerie took an active part and contributed
to the preparation of this great international appointment which constituted the
French presidency of the European Union in the second half of 2008.
By the means of the European Commission financing the program to prevent
and fight against criminality (ISEC), the Gendarmerie contributes as organizer or
partner to European actions or seminars relating to topics linked to its fields of
application (cyber-criminality, maritime pollution , training of integrated police
units). It also carries on technical assistance through the implementation of
institutional twinning with the new Member States of the European Union (Lithuania, Bulgaria, Romania) or with
countries, like Ukraine.
(programs TACIS and PHARE and now IPA and ENPI). As far as police co-operation is concerned, the Gendarmerie
also registers its action on a worldwide scale through its participation in OIPC-Interpol. Lastly, other multilateral
organizations (G8, UNO, the Council of Europe, African Union) also requested the expertise of the Gendarmerie, i
particular in the field of civil crises management.
At the international level, the Gendarmerie works in the direction of a greater police co-operation in order to strength
our domestic security. Since 2002, it has been taking part, with the national police force, in the single network ofhomeland security attaches (ASI) within our diplomatic representations abroad. This single network is placed unde
the authority of the Service of international technical co-operation of police force (SCTIP). On December 31, 2007, th
Gendarmerie was providing 16 homeland security attaches and 11 homeland assistants security attaches (ASIA). It
also deploys liaison officers.
Following the example of the liaison officer itinerant criminality within the Romanian ministry of interior, or the liaiso
officer affected within the general command of the Italian Carabinieri, a liaison officer organized criminality was
posted in Malaga (Spain) in summer 2007 and another in April 2008 on the theme fights against the narcotics in
Portugal, in Lisbon, within MAOC-N.
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Lastly, since summer 2005, the Gendarmerie has been providing a senior officer, within the regional pole of fight
against the criminality organized in the South East Europe, located in Zagreb (Croatia). This interdepartmental
structure, created on the initiative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, allows the Gendarmerie to play an essential role
the fight against organized crime in the Balkans. The geographical priorities of the Gendarmerie meet the following
criteria: geographical proximity (border countries), cultural proximity (FIEP countries), the return in domestic security
(Balkans) and countries where the institution can develop its model and its domains of excellence. In addition to its
collaboration with the SCTIP, the actions of the Gendarmerie abroad are identified through a continuous dialogue wit
the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the ministry of Defence. Each year, nearly 700 foreign trainees are trained in the
schools and training centres of the Gendarmerie and more than 110 short term missions of experts or trainers of theGendarmerie are carried ut abroad.
At the multinational level, the Gendarmerie is also very present abroad on theatres of operations: under the UN flag
(FINUL in Lebanon, MINUK in Kosovo, MINUSTAH in Haiti, MONUC in democratic Republic of Congo, ONUCI in
Ivory Coast), the EU flag (MPUE and EUFOR in Bosnia, EUBAM Rafah in Palestine, EUPOL Kinshasa in DRC,
EUPT in Kosovo), NATO flag (Afghanistan), or under national command (Ops Licorne in Ivory Coast and Epervier in
Chad).
On the whole (operations abroad aka OPEX, ASI, detachment, cooperation), the Gendarmerie deploys abroad
approximately 1000 gendarmes permanently .
The website: http://www.defense.gouv.fr/gendarmerie/
http://www.defense.gouv.fr/gendarmerie/