Douanes Limitanei

Douanes Limitanei
Agency overview
Formed	1647
Preceding agencies	Revenue Guard Sergents della Maréchaussée Burgoignesc Department of Social Maintenance
Employees	36,584
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Burgundie
Legal jurisdiction	Burgoignesc Metropole borders
Primary governing body	Ministry of the Interior
Secondary governing body	Security Services Bureau
General nature	Civilian police
Operational structure
Headquarters	Vilauristre
Parent agency	Ministry of the Interior

The Douanes Limitanei (Ænglish: Border Customs) is the agency responsible for land-based border control and customs enforcement along the borders of the Burgoignesc Metropole. It works in close cooperation with the maritime gendarmerie and maritime customs agency of Burgundie, the Revenue Guard. It is a civilian law enforcement agency, operating under the authority of the Ministry of the Interior's Security Services Bureau. The agency is responsible for protecting Burgundie's land borders from the illegal entry of people and goods, collecting customs duties and tariffs, and enforcing customs and immigration laws.

Since the Levantine Union has the free movement of people and goods, most of the functions of the Douanes Limitanei are conducted via highway patrol.

History

First Fratricide and the early republic

In 1849, with the start of the First Fratricide, Dantoine Marius, Duke of Bourgondi established the Capitaines della Guardacostes, simply calling them the Revenue Guard. In 1851, Dantoine used the Sergents della Marechaussee concept to make the Gendarmes d'elite della Gaurdie Real (Elite Gendarmes of the Royal Guard), removing the land-based responsibilities of the Revenue Guard and forming a gendarmerie based on the Custodes Yonderre after the reformation in 1833. At the end of the war, the newly acquired territories still maintained their individual forms of policing. In the 1921 Policing Reform Act policing was centralized and the various forms of gendarmeries, noble/royal guard units with law-enforcement responsibilities and regimental military policing units were consolidated into the Gendarmerie nacional.

Marechaussee and colonial policing

The establishment of the National Constabulary of Burgundie in 1641 led to a reorganization of the Revenue Guard. The Sergents della Marechaussee were separated from the Revenue Guard and became a separate organization, the Marechaussee. The Marechaussee was responsible for policing rural areas and maintaining order outside the cities, particularly on carriage ways and imperial roads.

Founding and Early History

Formed in 1148 by the Triumverate Council the Revenue Guard was a royal institution commanded by a Lord Commandant who oversaw three Sergeants known as the Sergents della Maréchaussée (Sergeants of the Marshalcy), responsible for collecting taxes and arresting highwaymen, and three Captains known as the Capitaines della Guardacostes (Captains of the Coast Guard), responsible for collecting tariffs and suppressing smuggling and piracy. The revenue guard grew in size from its original 7 men to 156.

Interagency coordination and international work

The Douanes Limitanei works closely with the maritime gendarmerie of Burgundie, the Revenue Guard, as the two customs and border patrol agencies of the country. The agency also works with international organizations, such as the Levantine Union (particularly Lapody and Urcea) and the League of Nations on information sharing, training, and investigations.

See also

• National Constabulary of Burgundie, civilian police of Burgundie
• National Gendarmerie of Burgundie, military/rural police of Burgundie
• Revenue Guard, maritime gendarmerie and customs agents of Burgundie