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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Penalties involving deprivation of rights.

Article 432 bis

…fences provided for in articles 414, 414-2 and 459 are liable to the following additional penalties:1° Prohibition, in accordance with the provisions ofarticle 131-27 of the Criminal Code, from exerci…

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French Customs CodeIn force
E. - Fifth class.

Article 413 bis

The following shall be liable to a fine of €3,700:1° Any infringement of the provisions of a of 1 of Article 53 ; 2° Any refusal to provide the documents and information requested by customs officers…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Liens and mortgages, subrogation.

Article 379 bis

…threshold set by decree.The sums referred to in the first paragraph are not recorded if the debtor: 1° Complies with a debt repayment plan in instalments. If the plan is terminated, the public account…

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Paragraph 4: Smuggling.

Article 417

…in ports or on the coast, with the exception of fraudulent unloading as referred to in article 427, 1° below; c) the removal or substitution during transport of goods dispatched under a suspensive pro…

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French Customs CodeIn force
A. - First class.

Article 414-1

The penalties provided for in the first paragraph of Article 414 shall apply : 1° Exporting native gold from French Guiana either without an itemised declaration or under cover of an itemised declarat…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-6

…a customs officer, under the conditions set out in article 63-1 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: 1° Of his or her detention, as well as the duration of the measure and any extensions that may be gr…

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Paragraph 1: Persons called upon to carry out seizures, rights and obligations of persons seizing and customs detention

Article 323-11

…poses, of the computer data contained in the digital media referred to in I in the following cases: 1° When the person is released from customs detention ; 2° When, at the end of the period of customs…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 undecies

…ivileges as turnover taxes, within Book II of the General Tax Code and the Book of Tax Procedures : 1° References to the tax authorities or the tax administration are understood to be references to th…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VII: Conditions for carrying out tax missions

Article 285 decies

The customs and excise administration carries out the fiscal duties entrusted to it: 1° For taxes other than those mentioned in 2°, under the conditions set out in this code for each of these taxes; 2…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter I: Internal taxes.

Article 266 undecies

…ing activities is declared and settled by the taxpayers in accordance with the following procedures:1° For taxpayers liable for value added tax subject to the normal actual taxation system mentioned i…

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