International Journal on Criminology Volume 5, Number 2, Winter 2017/2018 | Page 6

Contractual Issues in Private Security
Alain Bauer
International Journal on Criminology • Volume 5, Number 2 • Winter 2017/2018
Professor of Criminology at the Conservatoire National des Arts
et Métiers and at the Universities of Fudan in Shanghai, New York,
and Beijing, and President of the National Council of Private
Security Activities
Cédric Paulin
Chief of staff, National Council of Private Security Activities
The choice of title for this conference might seem better suited to a doctoral
thesis than to an occasion as large as this one. The issue of unfair competition
emerges, however, as a major concern in the remarks and complaints
we receive from private security providers during field visits. The question of economic
regulation extends beyond the limits of administrative regulation defined
by Article L. 632-1 of Book VI of the Internal Security Code (CSI):
“The National Council for Private Security Activities, a legal entity
under public law, is charged with:
1. An administrative police mission. It is tasked with issuing,
suspending, or withdrawing the various approvals, authorizations,
and professional licenses provided for in this book.
2. A disciplinary mission. It is tasked with ensuring the discipline
of the profession, and preparing a code of ethics for the
profession, approved by decree in the Council of State 1 . This
code applies to all activities mentioned in Titles I, II, and IIa.
3. A mission of assistance and consultation to the profession.
The National Council of Private Security Activities (CNAPS) shall
submit an annual report setting out the results of its activities to
the Minister of the Interior. It may issue opinions and formulate
proposals concerning the private security professions and the
public policies which apply to them. Any proposal relating to the
working conditions of private security agents is subject to prior
1 Supreme court for public law
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doi: 10.18278/ijc.5.2.1