Another thing from the same project as the above box.
The Direction Générale des Affaires de Sorcellerie is the French Magical Law Enforcement and Regulatory Agency, and the newest such agency in Western Europe (having only been renamed from it’s original name in the 1970s, when it was “promoted” to being a general directorate, and is in fact younger than the US Mint Police’ Goetry Section, commonly known as MJ12.) Like other MEAs it is primarily concerned with ensuring that French Sorcerers and Alchemists stick to the longstanding agreement between the french government and the various french magical organizations which are collectively termed La Société des Sorciers. It’s present day to day tasks are primarily regulatory, but on occasion the DGAS is forced to convene Le Cour des Silences to handle violations of the law which do not necessitate an immediate reaction (in such situations DGAS field agents will take the lead, backed up by Gendarmes or GIGN as necessary.) The DGAS has to one degree or another been perpetually underfunded, and due to various preceding commitments, it has been unable to grow much beyond it's original size or do many improvements, and as a result has retained it’s original office at 9 Rue Bailly, along with most of it’s original neoclassical furniture, in a preserved state, with the largest exception being that of the 1903 Lot, which was sold to fund electrification of 9 Rue Bailly.