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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 ter

…ed to communicate the information it holds on foreign trade and financial relations with other ministerial departments and the Banque de France which, through their activity, participate in the public…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Paragraph 2: Right of communication specific to the customs administration.

Article 65 ter

The Autorité Nationale des Jeux and the Direction Générale des Douanes et Droits Indirects may spontaneously provide each other with all information and documents gathered in the course of their respe…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 59 terdecies

For the purposes of carrying out their duties, specialised assistants seconded or made available by the Customs and Excise Administration pursuant to article 706 of the Code of Criminal Procedure have…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 2: Right of access to premises and places of business and home visits.

Article 63 ter

In order to carry out the investigations necessary for the detection and investigation of the offences provided for in this Code, category A or B customs officers and category C officers, provided tha…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IIa: Operational reserve of the customs administration

Article 52 ter

…ditions required to work in the reserve, the conditions of which are laid down by order of the Minister responsible for the budget; 5° Have fulfilled their national service obligations. No one may be…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter III: Immunities, safeguards and obligations of customs officials.

Article 55 ter

…verified at any time by a magistrate, either on his or her own initiative or at the request of an interested party. Failure to mention this authorisation on the various procedural documents resulting…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Temporary duty-free import and export of articles for the personal use of travellers.

Article 196 ter

1. Travellers who are going to stay temporarily outside the customs territory may temporarily export free of exit duties and taxes the articles they take with them which are exclusively for their pers…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter VI: Temporary admission.

Article 173 ter

Unless authorised by the customs authorities, goods imported under the temporary admission procedure and, where applicable, the products resulting from their processing or working, may not be transfer…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Chapter II: Special rules applicable throughout the customs territory to certain categories of goods.

Article 215 ter

…of the customs officers, produce either documents certifying that these goods may leave the customs territory in accordance with the provisions prohibiting export, or any document proving that these g…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 8: Temporary detention of persons

Article 67 ter

…prosecutor of the temporary detention. During temporary detention, the person is brought before the territorially competent judicial police officer or kept at his disposal. The duration of temporary d…

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