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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Divorce by judicial mutual consent

Article 232

The judge homologates the agreement and pronounces the divorce if he is convinced that the will of each of the spouses is real and that their consent is free and informed. He may refuse homologation a…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Paragraph 3: Evidence.

Article 259-3

The spouses must communicate with each other and with the judge, as well as with the experts and other persons designated by the judge pursuant to 9° and 10° of Article 255, all information and docume…

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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
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
B. - Second class.

Article 411 bis

…ly obtains the reduced rate for diesel fuel set out in article L. 312-61 of the French Goods and Services Tax Code is liable to a fine of between one and two times the undue amount.

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special procedures for calculating financial penalties.

Article 438

Where the court is convinced that offers, proposals to buy or sell, or agreements of any kind relating to the objects of fraud have been made or entered into at a price higher than the domestic market…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 411

…he amount of duties and taxes evaded or compromised shall be imposed for any infringement of the provisions of the laws and regulations that the customs administration is responsible for enforcing whe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
E. - Fifth class.

Article 413 ter

A fine of 1,500 euros shall be imposed for obstructing access to, or the reading or seizure of, computerised records or documents, as referred to in b and c of 2 of Article 64, in cases other than tho…

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French Customs CodeIn force
B. - Second class.

Article 415-1

For the purposes of Article 415, the funds or digital assets referred to inArticle L. 54-10-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code are presumed to be the direct or indirect proceeds of one of the offenc…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Special procedures for calculating financial penalties.

Article 436

…2° and 426-1°, penalties are assessed on the basis of the highest tariff applicable to the most heavily taxed category of goods of the same type and according to the average value indicated by the la…

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